Health Data Breach Tracker/MN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Viverant PT, LLC

6,540 individuals · submitted October 29, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Viverant PT, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 6,540 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, security, and physical safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Security Rule.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Viverant PT, LLC
State
MN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
6,540
Submission date
October 29, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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