Business Associate · Archived
United Way of Connecticut, Inc.
8,039 individuals · submitted September 3, 2024
About this report
The business associate (BA), United Way of Connecticut, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 8,039 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, medications, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals and the media. In response to the breach, the BA offered free credit monitoring and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were also retrained on email security.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- United Way of Connecticut, Inc.
- State
- CT
- Entity type
- Business Associate
- Individuals affected
- 8,039
- Submission date
- September 3, 2024
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- Yes
- OCR status
- Archived
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