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 Feb. 14, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Charleston Area Medical Center, WV
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 14, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9439, row:578)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Charleston Area Medica Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing incident that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 67,413 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, birthdates, addresses, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its employees on email security precautions.