Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Oswego Health

13,619 individuals · submitted September 30, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Oswego Health, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 13,619 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, medical diagnoses, medications prescribed, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE also provided complimentary credit monitoring services. Following the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Oswego Health
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
13,619
Submission date
September 30, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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