Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Ultimate Care, Inc.

15,788 individuals · submitted February 23, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Ultimate Care, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 15,788 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medications, and financial and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individual, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided affected individuals with complimentary credit monitoring services, revised its procedures regarding the complexity of email passwords, and retrained employees on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Ultimate Care, Inc.
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
15,788
Submission date
February 23, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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