Health Data Breach Tracker/ID

Health Plan · Archived

The Terteling Co., Inc., Group Benefit Plan

4,824 individuals · submitted July 6, 2018

About this report

The covered entity (CE), a group health plan, reported to OCR that multiple employees responded to a phishing email which compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 4,824 plan members. The types of breached PHI included names, addresses, dates of birth, driver’s license information, social security numbers, claims information, diagnoses, and medications. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards, such as authentication procedures and measures to identify and remove malicious emails. It also increased its security training. As a result of OCR’s investigation the CE enhanced its practices for safeguarding PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
The Terteling Co., Inc., Group Benefit Plan
State
ID
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
4,824
Submission date
July 6, 2018
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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