Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Vision for Hope

5,517 individuals · submitted August 3, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Vision for Hope, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 5,517 individuals. The PHI involved names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses, medications, claims and financial information, and other treatment 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 precautions.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Vision for Hope
State
IL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
5,517
Submission date
August 3, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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