Health Data Breach Tracker/NJ

Healthcare Provider · Archived

New Jersey Urology, LLC

3,000 individuals · submitted April 6, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), New Jersey Urology, reported that numerous employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional security safeguards and retrained its staff on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
New Jersey Urology, LLC
State
NJ
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
3,000
Submission date
April 6, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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