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Perry County Memorial Hospital
ArchivedSubmitted 10/22/2020
Updated 16 hours ago ()
- State
- MO
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 4,538
- 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), Perry County Memorial Hospital, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,538 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, clinical information, Social Security numbers, and claims and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE also offered one year of free credit monitoring services to affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and retrained workforce members on phishing prevention to avoid similar incidents. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Rules.
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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