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. 26, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Cytometry Specialists, Inc. d/b/a CSI Laboratories, GA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 26, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11162, row:2301)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Cytometry Specialists, Inc. dba CSI Laboratories, reported that an employee was the victim of a phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 244,850 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.