Health Data Breach Tracker/MN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Minnesota Department of Human Services

10,263 individuals · submitted April 9, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Minnesota Department of Human Services, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme. This breach affected 10,263 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, medications prescribed, and diagnoses/conditions. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following this breach, the CE implemented additional security, technical and administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI. The CE also retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Minnesota Department of Human Services
State
MN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
10,263
Submission date
April 9, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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