Healthcare Provider · Archived
Sacramento County Department of Health Services
2,096 individuals · submitted December 9, 2021
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Sacramento County Department of Health Services, reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,096 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Sacramento County Department of Health Services
- State
- CA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 2,096
- Submission date
- December 9, 2021
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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