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. 4, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Easter Seals DC | MD | VA, Inc., MD
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Oct. 4, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9677, row:816)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Easter Seals DC/MD/VA, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 584 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, financial information, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and posted substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. Staff were retrained on email security.