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 Jan. 8, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Family Physicians of Winter Park, Inc., KY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 8, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13577, row:4716)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Family Physicians of Winter Park, Inc., reported that an employee fell victim to an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 8,429 patients. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, provider names, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. All staff were retrained on email security. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.