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 Sept. 3, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Asarco Health, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending, Non-Union Employee Benefits, and Retiree Medical Plans, AZ
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 3, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11924, row:3063)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Asarco Health, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending, Non-Union Employee Benefits, and Retiree Medical Plans, reported that it experienced ransomware attacks that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 28,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, addresses, claims and financial information, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and lab results. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff.