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 Dec. 18, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- ZOLL Medical Corporation, MA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Dec. 18, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10266, row:1405)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), ZOLL Medical Corporation, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 8,898 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and medical diagnoses and other clinical information. ZOLL notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. Staff were retrained on email security precautions.