According to sources, City of Lincoln Aging Partners Department (a Government organization in Nebraska) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2021-07-23.
Source 1 | 2021-07-23
“• “The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services reported on Friday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, has been notified of an incident involving a breach of protected health information which occurred within Aging Partners, a department of the City of Lincoln.” • “…the City’s Information Services Department discovered that between May 18, 2021 and May 21, 2021, as a result of a “phishing” scam, an unauthorized individual had access to email accounts which contained over 46,000 total emails, some of which contained protected health information.” • “When Aging Partners learned about the incident, the City immediately disconnected access to the at-risk emails and new passcodes were established. City staff performed an investigation and determined that some HIPAA-protected information was vulnerable.” • “It was determined that emails involving 1,513 program participants contained one or more identifiers of protected health information.” “
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