The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) said that it is sending letters to people who were harmed by a recent data breach incident and is educating the public about it.
A Division of Public Health temporary employee unintentionally sent two unencrypted emails to an unauthorised user, which was detected by the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS).
The emails were intended for internal distribution to the call centre personnel who help people acquire their test results. They contained the COVID-19 test results for roughly 10,000 people.
Sadly, just one unapproved user received the emails that were sent in error. When emails were accidentally received, this person informed the Division of Public Health.
They reported deleting the emails, and the files attached to them. Currently, there is no evidence to suggest that there has been any attempt to misuse any of the information.
"id": "DEL3412623",
"linkid": "delaware-division-of-public-health",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "11/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"