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 25, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Christie Business Holdings Company, P.C., IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 25, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11558, row:2697)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Christie Business Holdings Company, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 502,869 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security precautions.