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 May 20, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Oswego County Opportunities, Inc., NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 20, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11443, row:2582)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Oswego County Opportunities, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 7,766 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and provided affected individuals with free credit monitoring and identify theft protection.