Healthcare Provider · Archived
Lutheran Social Services of South Central Pennsylvania
7,803 individuals · submitted May 20, 2013
About this report
This case involved a hacking incident on the covered entity’s (CE) network server. A Trojan virus was discovered running under an administrative account on a remote access server. No data loss was actually discovered, but potentially 7,300 records may have been vulnerable. The types of protected health information (PHI) potentially breached included demographic, financial, and clinical information. The CE engaged a forensic consulting team to verify the scope and impact of the malware and to clean the system. The CE installed more effective virus detection software, trained and educated users regarding data security, and made adjustments to data storage policies. OCR confirmed that the CE took all appropriate corrective action.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Lutheran Social Services of South Central Pennsylvania
- State
- PA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 7,803
- Submission date
- May 20, 2013
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Network Server
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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