Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

MHMR of Tarrant County

6,524 individuals · submitted January 31, 2020

About this report

MHMR of Tarrant County, the covered entity (CE), reported that two employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 6,524 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers, treatment information, and drivers’ license numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented new administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
MHMR of Tarrant County
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
6,524
Submission date
January 31, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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