Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Business Associate · Archived

Lyons Companies

1,982 individuals · submitted August 23, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Lyons Company, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,434 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, health insurance information, treatment information, and financial information. After the breach, the CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. Workforce members were trained on the proper methods for identifying fraudulent email communications.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Lyons Companies
State
PA
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
1,982
Submission date
August 23, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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