Healthcare Provider · Archived
Walworth County, Wisconsin
1,212 individuals · submitted January 18, 2022
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Walworth County, Wisconsin, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,212 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. Staff were retrained on email security. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Rules.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Walworth County, Wisconsin
- State
- WI
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,212
- Submission date
- January 18, 2022
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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