Community Psychiatric Clinic

Disclosed Jul 27, 20195,866 affectedConfirmed

The covered entity (CE), Community Psychiatric Clinic, reported that it was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 5,866 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, birthdates, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications prescribed, claims information, and financial data. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. After OCR’s investigation, the CE retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications and implemented additional technical safeguards. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

What is known

People affected	5,866 (as reported to HHS)
Disclosed	Jul 27, 2019
Discovered	Mar 12, 2019
Happened	Mar 12, 2019
Attack	Hacking
Data exposed	NamesHealth
Sector	Healthcare · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Official noticeatg.wa.gov

Washington Attorney General breach notice: Community Psychiatric Clinic

Official noticeocrportal.hhs.gov

HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Community Psychiatric Clinic (Healthcare Provider, WA)

Notices filed

Residents of WAJul 27, 2019

Washington AG6,600 people

TotalAug 15, 2019

HHS archive5,866 people

History of this record

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First seen 2026-09-25 (Washington AG), confirmed by Washington AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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