Brockton Hospital

The covered entity (CE), Brockton Hospital dba Signature Healthcare – Brockton Hospital, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 73,022 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses, medications prescribed, lab results, and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.