Health Data Breach Tracker/WI

Health Plan · Archived

Network Health

51,232 individuals · submitted September 8, 2017

About this report

Network Health, the covered entity (CE), reported that its employees were the victims of an email phishing attack. The affected accounts contained the protected health information (PHI) of 51,323 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, claims data, provider information, and Medicare numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE also notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation. As a result of this breach and OCR’s investigation, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff. As a part of this training, the CE instructed employees on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the aforementioned corrective actions.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Network Health
State
WI
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
51,232
Submission date
September 8, 2017
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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