Healthcare Provider · Archived
Washington University School of Medicine
80,270 individuals · submitted March 25, 2017
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Washington University School of Medicine, reported that numerous employees were victims of an email phishing attack. This breach affected 80,270 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to further protect its PHI and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Washington University School of Medicine
- State
- MO
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 80,270
- Submission date
- March 25, 2017
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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