Health Data Breach Tracker/WI

Business Associate · Archived

OS, Inc.

7,880 individuals · submitted May 2, 2019

About this report

OS, Inc., a business associate (BA), reported that one of its employees was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 46,578 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, and medications prescribed. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented new technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security precautions. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
OS, Inc.
State
WI
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
7,880
Submission date
May 2, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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