Healthcare Provider · Archived
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
3,716 individuals · submitted November 12, 2019
About this report
The covered entity (CE), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, reported that an several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 3,716 individuals. The PHI involved included Social Security numbers, financial information, diagnoses, treatment, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services 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
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
- State
- NC
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 3,716
- Submission date
- November 12, 2019
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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