New York Oncology Hematology

The covered entity (CE), New York Oncology Hematology, P.C., reported that numerous employees of it and its business associate (BA) were the victims of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 128,400 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, email addresses, health insurance information, diagnoses, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE also provided one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services. In its mitigation efforts, the BA strengthened its technical and security safeguards while the CE strengthened its administrative safeguards and provided training on email security to all workforce members.