Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Walgreen Company

3,700 individuals · submitted December 3, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Walgreen Company, reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 3,700 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, email address, medications, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Walgreen Company
State
IL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
3,700
Submission date
December 3, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record, Other
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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