Health Data Breach Tracker/WI

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Rock County Human Services Department

25,610 individuals · submitted August 12, 2022

About this report

Rock County Human Services Department, the covered entity (CE), reported that multiple employees were victims of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 25,610 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. Rock County Human Services Department notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Rock County Human Services Department
State
WI
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
25,610
Submission date
August 12, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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