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 Feb. 25, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- AFTRA Retirement Fund, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Feb. 25, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12985, row:4124)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), AFTRA Retirement Fund, reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 57,900 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, and claims and financial information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Following the breach, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.