Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

St Luke's Health - Texas

16,906 individuals · submitted October 30, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), St. Luke’s Health – Texas, reported that several employees of its business associate (BA) were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 16,906 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, and claims 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 precautions.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
St Luke's Health - Texas
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
16,906
Submission date
October 30, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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