Health Data Breach Tracker/MN

Health Plan · Archived

South Country Health Alliance

66,874 individuals · submitted December 31, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), South Country Health Alliance, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 66,874 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services, established a call center for questions or concerns, and implemented additional administrative, technical and security safeguards. Staff were retrained.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
South Country Health Alliance
State
MN
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
66,874
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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