Health Data Breach Tracker/NC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

UNC Hospitals

719 individuals · submitted October 19, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Community Eye Care, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 149,804 individuals. The PHI involved included names, health insurance information, dates of birth, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring service and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
UNC Hospitals
State
NC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
719
Submission date
October 19, 2021
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Desktop Computer, Electronic Medical Record
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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