Health Data Breach Tracker/NC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

2,718 individuals · submitted July 19, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 2,718 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, health insurance information, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional technical safeguards.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
State
NC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,718
Submission date
July 19, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

More breach reports in NC

More Hacking/IT Incident reports