Health Data Breach Tracker/LA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Louisiana State University- Health Care Services Division

58,005 individuals · submitted November 20, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Louisiana State University - Health Care Services Division, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 58,005 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and financial and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. All staff were retrained on the proper methods of recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Louisiana State University- Health Care Services Division
State
LA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
58,005
Submission date
November 20, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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