Health Data Breach Tracker/MA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Walker, Inc. d/b/a Walker Therapeutic & Educational Programs

846 individuals · submitted January 18, 2024

About this report

The covered entity, Walker, Inc., reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 846 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. All staff were retrained on email security precautions.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Walker, Inc. d/b/a Walker Therapeutic & Educational Programs
State
MA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
846
Submission date
January 18, 2024
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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