HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Aug. 30, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Easterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore, DE
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 30, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11935, row:3074)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 15,208 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.