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 Aug. 12, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Rock County Human Services Department, WI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 12, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11255, row:2394)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Rock County Human Services Department, the covered entity (CE), reported that multiple employees were victims of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 25,610 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. Rock County Human Services Department notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.