Health Data Breach Tracker/WA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Northwest Asthma and Allergy Center

1,000 individuals · submitted December 12, 2024

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Northwest Asthma and Allergy Center, reported that multiple employees were the targets of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information of approximately 1,000 individuals. The PHI involved included clinical and demographic information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals, implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Northwest Asthma and Allergy Center
State
WA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,000
Submission date
December 12, 2024
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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