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Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.
ArchivedSubmitted 03/28/2022
Updated 16 hours ago ()
- State
- WV
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 54,000
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of breached information
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), Charleston Area Medical Center, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 54,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, Social Security numbers, financial information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individual, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional technical safeguards.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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