Miracle-Ear, Inc. and Amplifon (USA), Inc., business associates of Best Hearing Products, Inc. (covered entity), reported to HHS on 2017-12-28 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 554 individuals. An employee of the covered entity was the victim of an email phishing scheme. PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, and treatment information. Breached information located on Email. The CE implemented administrative and technical safeguards and retrained employees on identifying fraudulent emails. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.
Affected (this filing): 554