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Hope Community Resources Data Breach (2013)

Hope Community Resources

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Disclosed

August 19, 2013

4603 days ago

Records

3.7K

Confirmed

Root Cause

Human Error

Industry

Healthcare

Description

Hope Community Resources (HCR) of Alaska inadvertantly attached personal information of its 3,700 clients to an email that was sent to state workers and others who assist the disabled. The information disclosed included names, birthdays, guardians, addresses and other identifying information. HCR sent out letters to affected clients. HCR can be fined up to $1.5 million by the Department of Health and Human Services.