ALERT: OCR is Phished!

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced on Monday, November 28, 2016, that is was a victim of a sneaky phishing episode. And OCR published a clarification on Wednesday, November 30, 2016.

The phishing email disguises itself as an official communication from OCR. It directs recipients to a non-governmental website marking a firm’s cyber security services.

The email letter uses the name and signature of OCR Director Jocelyn Samuels. It is targeting both covered entities (CEs) and business associates (BAs). The most important thing you need to know is that the correct OCR email address is: [email protected]

This is the only email address OCR will use to communicate with covered entities (CE) and business associates (BA).

The incorrect email address is [email protected]. Note the difference between the two email addresses:

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