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 July 24, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Town of Babylon, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- July 24, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12773, row:3912)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Town of Babylon, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,974 affected individuals. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, 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 and responding to fraudulent email communications.