US Fertility

The business associate (BA), US Fertility, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 878,550 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI. Staff were retrained on email security.