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 May 14, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Tobii Dynavox, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 14, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9909, row:1048)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Tobii Dynavox, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the target of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,098 individuals. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.