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Breach notice filed by Adams County Children and Youth Services (March 2023)

Organization named: Adams County Children and Youth Services Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of March 24, 2023.

Organization as reported
Adams County Children and Youth Services, PA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
March 24, 2023
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10829, row:1968)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Adams County Department of Children and Youth Services reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 722 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, diagnoses financial and health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media and posted substitute notices on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to further secure PHI. Staff were retrained on email security precautions.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 722 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date March 24, 2023, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 10829)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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