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 July 27, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Benefis Hospitals Inc, MT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- July 27, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11980, row:3119)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Benefis Hospitals, reported that multiple employees were victims of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 81,043 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, diagnoses, passport numbers, health insurance information, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE retrained employees on the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules and implemented additional technical safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Rules.