Health Data Breach Tracker/MA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Steward Medical Group

640 individuals · submitted June 4, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Steward Medical Group, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 640 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and claims and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Steward Medical Group
State
MA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
640
Submission date
June 4, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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