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 Sept. 9, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Lindner Center of Hope, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 9, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13230, row:4369)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Lindner Center of Hope, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,537 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In addition, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff on security awareness with a specific focus on recognizing phishing emails. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.