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. 9, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Einstein Healthcare Network, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Oct. 9, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12598, row:3737)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Einstein Healthcare Network, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 353,616 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its technical and security safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.