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Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
ArchivedSubmitted 08/20/2020
Updated 14 hours ago ()
- State
- WA
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 648
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- 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), Washington Department of Social and Health Services, reported that an employee sent an email containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 648 individuals to the wrong recipients. The ePHI involved included names and email addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. All staff were retrained.
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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