Presbyterian Healthcare Services

The covered entity (CE), Presbyterian Healthcare Services, reported that numerous employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,120,629 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and clinical and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE retrained its employees on how to recognize and respond to fraudulent email communications and implemented additional security safeguards to better protect its ePHI.