Health Plan · Archived
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan
18,900 individuals · submitted February 5, 2021
About this report
The covered entity (CE), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 18,900 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, and clinical and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened it technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. The CE also retrained workforce members on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan
- State
- PA
- Entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 18,900
- Submission date
- February 5, 2021
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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