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 Feb. 19, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Southeastern Minnesota Center for Independent Living, Inc., MN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 19, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12342, row:3481)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Southeastern Minnesota Center for Independent Living, Inc., reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,122 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and health insurance and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.