Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Progressions Behavioral Health Services, Inc.

1,303 individuals · submitted June 25, 2018

About this report

An unauthorized user gained access to employees’ email account after a phishing attack and set the employees’ emails to automatically forward to an external account. The breach involved the protected health information (PHI) of 1,303 individuals and included clinical information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE implemented multi-factor authentication for its email accounts and implemented a new privacy and security training program for employees. Additionally, OCR ensured that the CE completed an appropriate risk analysis after the breach.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Progressions Behavioral Health Services, Inc.
State
PA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,303
Submission date
June 25, 2018
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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