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 Aug. 25, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- OrthoSC, LLC, SC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 25, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12728, row:3867)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), OrthoSC, LLC, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,027 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and x-rays. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE also provided free credit monitoring services. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the Breach Notification Rule.