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 June 11, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Care Inns of Texas, Ltd, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- June 11, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12082, row:3221)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Care Inns of Texas, reported that it was the victim of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 1,300 individuals. The PHI involved included names, room assignments, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and medical information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA strengthened its technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.