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 Dec. 18, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Ott Cone & Redpath, P.A., NC
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Dec. 18, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9550, row:689)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Ott Cone & Redpath, reported that employees were the subjects of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 22,171 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, conditions, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA adopted encryption technologies, strengthened its security policy and procedures, and implemented additional technical safeguards.