Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

The Brooklyn Hospital Center

26,312 individuals · submitted November 1, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), The Brooklyn Hospital Center, reported that it was the subject of a malware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 26,312 individuals. The ePHI involved included names and cardiac or dental images. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. Following the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
26,312
Submission date
November 1, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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