HealthEquity

HealthEquity, the covered entity (CE), reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing attack. The breached accounts contained the protected health information (PHI) of 165,800 individuals. The PHI involved included names and Social Security numbers. HealthEquity conducted a forensic analysis and notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of this breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards and trained its staff on the proper methods for identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR provided technical assistance on how HealthEquity could better protect its PHI and reduce the amount of sensitive data vulnerable to attack. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the aforementioned corrective actions.