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 July 21, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Kaleida Health, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- July 21, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14119, row:5258)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Kaleida Health, reported that numerous employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,789 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, medical record numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, treatment information, and other clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE revised its policies and procedures to better protect its sensitive data and retrained it workforce members. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.