HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Dec. 28, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- CellNetix Pathology & Laboratories, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Dec. 28, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10985, row:2124)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
CellNetix Pathology & Laboratories, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was subject to an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,969 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data.