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 April 14, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Two Rivers Public Health Department, NE
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 14, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10788, row:1927)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Two Rivers Public Health Department, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 15,168 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, vaccination status, diagnoses, and medication information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE offered complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.