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 July 6, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Four Winds Behavioral Health, NM
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- July 6, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12797, row:3936)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Four Winds Behavioral Health, reported that employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 500 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on email security.