HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Dec. 7, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Affinity Legacy, Inc., NY
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Dec. 7, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10294, row:1433)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Affinity Legacy, reported that a software application used by its business associate (BA) exposed the protected health information (PHI) of 5,538 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and the CE and BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.