Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

ZOLL Services LLC

277,319 individuals · submitted March 18, 2019

About this report

Sonian, a subcontractor of the covered entity’s (CE) business associate (BA), Apptix, left a computer server port open during a data migration, causing a breach of 277,319 individuals’ protected health information. The types of PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, medical information, and in some instances, social security numbers. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. It also reported the incident to law enforcement. Following the breach, the CE obtained written assurances from Sonian that it implemented technical safeguards to limit the risk of such incidents in the future, and it ensured that Sonian retrained its staff. OCR reviewed the CE’s BA agreement.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
ZOLL Services LLC
State
PA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
277,319
Submission date
March 18, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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