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 Sept. 28, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Century Specialty Script, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 28, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12624, row:3763)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Century Specialty Script, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 17,219 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and prescription and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and established a phone number for questions or concerns. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.