Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Business Associate · Archived

UHS of Delaware, Inc.

40,290 individuals · submitted March 29, 2023

About this report

UHS of Delaware, the business associate (BA), reported that an employee of its subcontractor was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) for 40,290 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, claims and health insurance information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. All staff were retrained on email security precautions.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
UHS of Delaware, Inc.
State
PA
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
40,290
Submission date
March 29, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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