Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Midland County Hospital District d/b/a Midland Memorial Hospital

1,160 individuals · submitted December 12, 2017

About this report

Midland Memorial Hospital, the covered entity (CE), experienced an email phishing attack. The protected health information (PHI) affected by the attack included the names, account and medical record numbers, and treatment information of approximately 1,160 individuals. Upon discovering the breach, the CE took steps to immediately disable affected email accounts. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of the breach, the CE improved technical safeguards and retrained staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Midland County Hospital District d/b/a Midland Memorial Hospital
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,160
Submission date
December 12, 2017
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

More breach reports in TX

More Hacking/IT Incident reports