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. 15, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Community Surgical Supply of Toms River, Inc., NJ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 15, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12647, row:3786)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Community Surgical Supply of Toms River, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 31,550 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.