Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

The Bridge, Inc.

16,431 individuals · submitted October 23, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), The Bridge, Inc., reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 16,431 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, claims information, financial information, diagnoses, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
The Bridge, Inc.
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
16,431
Submission date
October 23, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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