Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Workplace Vitality, Inc.

2,850 individuals · submitted December 31, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Workplace Vitality, Inc., reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,850 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, financial information, treatment information, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following discovery of the incident, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying and responding to fraudulent email communications.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Workplace Vitality, Inc.
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,850
Submission date
December 31, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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