Health Data Breach Tracker/MO

Health Plan · Archived

Washington University School of Medicine

500 individuals · submitted May 23, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Washington University School of Medicine, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 500 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medications, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Washington University School of Medicine
State
MO
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
500
Submission date
May 23, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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