Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

12,274 individuals · submitted June 25, 2024

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 12,274 individuals. The PHI involved names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
12,274
Submission date
June 25, 2024
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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