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 Oct. 19, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Counseling and Recovery Services of Oklahoma, OK
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Oct. 19, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10406, row:1545)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Counseling and Recovery Services of Oklahoma, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 3,365 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, lab results, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. The CE implemented new administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained in email security.