HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Nov. 5, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Association to Benefit Children, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 5, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11803, row:2942)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Association to Benefit Children, reported that employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 9,142 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, passport or other government identification numbers, email addresses, health insurance and claims information, financial information, medications prescribed, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complementary credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. All staff were retrained on email security.