Health Data Breach Tracker/CT

Healthcare Provider · Archived

UConn Health

326,629 individuals · submitted February 21, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), UConn Health, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 326,629 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services to affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
UConn Health
State
CT
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
326,629
Submission date
February 21, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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