Boys Town National Research Hospital

The covered entity (CE), Boys Town National Research Hospital, reported that an employee was the victim on an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,182 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, email addresses, diagnoses/conditions, dates of service, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and established a dedicated call center for questions or concerns. Affected individuals were also offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services. To mitigate this breach incident, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and trained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. Finally, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.