Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Business Associate · Archived

Lycoming-Clinton Joinder Board Programs

3,905 individuals · submitted September 8, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Lycoming-Clinton Joinder Board Programs, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,905 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and clinical and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Following the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying and responding to fraudulent email communications.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Lycoming-Clinton Joinder Board Programs
State
PA
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
3,905
Submission date
September 8, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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