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 June 27, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Itasca County Health & Human Services, MN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- June 27, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10631, row:1770)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Itasca County Health & Human Services, reported that an employee experienced an email phishing incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,413 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, addresses, birthdates, and claims and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided free credit monitoring services and created a toll-free number for questions or concerns. In addition, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI. Staff were retrained on email security.