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 Feb. 28, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Scott County, Iowa, IA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 28, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9420, row:559)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Scott County, Iowa, reported that an employee was the target of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 4,336 individuals. The PHI involved names, addresses, dates of birth, social security and drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE enforced its multi-factor authentication, increased its workforce security awareness training, and increased its threat protections to better protect its electronic PHI. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance.