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 25, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Radiation Oncology Centers of the Carolinas, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- July 25, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11290, row:2429)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Radiation Oncology Centers of the Carolinas, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,116 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, claims and financial information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on email security precautions.