Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Health Plan · Archived

Village Senior Services Corporation d/b/a VillageCareMAX

2,645 individuals · submitted January 24, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Village Senior Services Corporation dba VillageCareMAX, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,645 individuals. The PHI involved included names and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee, implemented additional technical safeguards, updated its security policies and procedures, and retrained its workforce on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Village Senior Services Corporation d/b/a VillageCareMAX
State
NY
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
2,645
Submission date
January 24, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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