Health Data Breach Tracker/WV

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Prestera Center for Mental Health Services, Inc.

3,708 individuals · submitted December 31, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Prestera Center for Mental Health Services, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,708 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of the incident, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and trained its staff on phishing and social engineering.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Prestera Center for Mental Health Services, Inc.
State
WV
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
3,708
Submission date
December 31, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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