Healthcare Provider · Archived
The Home for the Little Wanderers
5,396 individuals · submitted February 26, 2021
About this report
The covered entity (CE), The Home for Little Wanderers, reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 5,396 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, dates of birth, financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- The Home for the Little Wanderers
- State
- MA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 5,396
- Submission date
- February 26, 2021
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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