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Citizens Financial Corporation

ArchivedSubmitted 11/15/2021

Updated 10 hours ago ()

State
KY
Covered entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
688
Business associate present
Yes
Type of breach
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of breached information
Other
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Sep 23, 2026
Last seen in OCR export
Oct 26, 2026

OCR description

Citizens Financial Corporation, the business associate (BA), reported that an employee inadvertently published the protected health information (PHI) of 688 individuals via the Internet. The PHI involved included names, addresses, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the BA removed the PHI from the public repository and retrained its employees.

Change history

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

Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.

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