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 June 15, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- The Waldorf Center, OR
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- June 15, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12830, row:3969)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), The Waldorf Center, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 608 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, passport numbers, financial information, and medical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its employees on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.