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. 14, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- HH/Killeen Health System, LLC doing business as Seton Medical Center Harker Heights, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Oct. 14, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11127, row:2266)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), HH/Killeen Health System dba Seton Medical Center Harker Heights, reported that several employees of its business associate (BA) were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 15,056 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mediation efforts, the CE and BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services and strengthened its technical safeguards.