Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Seton Family of Hospitals

39,000 individuals · submitted April 24, 2015

About this report

Seton Family of Hospitals, the covered entity (CE), experienced two email phishing attacks. The attacks involved protected health information (PHI) including the names, dates of birth, social security numbers, and treatment information of approximately 39,160 individuals. Upon discovering the breach, the CE took steps to immediately disable affected email accounts. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE improved technical security and retrained staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Seton Family of Hospitals
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
39,000
Submission date
April 24, 2015
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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