Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Business Associate · Archived

M&T Bank

5,878 individuals · submitted June 29, 2020

About this report

The business associate (BA), M&T Bank, reported that an employee was the victim of a social engineering attack the compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 5,878 individuals. The PHI involved includes names, addresses, financial and health insurance information, diagnoses, medications prescribed, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on fraud and identity theft prevention.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
M&T Bank
State
NY
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
5,878
Submission date
June 29, 2020
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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