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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
ArchivedSubmitted 02/23/2017
Updated 14 hours ago ()
- State
- NC
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 12,731
- 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), the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, reported that an employee sent an unencrypted email that contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 12,731 individuals. The ePHI involved included names and claims and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible individual and implemented additional administrative and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI.
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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