Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Behavioral Health Alliance of Rural Pennsylvania (August 2024)

Organization named: Behavioral Health Alliance of Rural Pennsylvania Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

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 Aug. 16, 2024.

Organization as reported: Behavioral Health Alliance of Rural Pennsylvania, PA
Entity type as reported: Health Plan
Category as reported: Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported: Email
Submission date: Aug. 16, 2024
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9750, row:889)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

Behavioral Health Alliance of Rural Pennsylvania, the covered entity (CE) reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 642 individuals. The PHI involved included names and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the incident, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

642 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Aug. 16, 2024, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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2024-08-16Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 9750)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Behavioral Health Alliance of Rural Pennsylvania Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

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text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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