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 Jan. 15, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 15, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12394, row:3533)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services, reported that employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 3,994 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, passport numbers, financial and health insurance information, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In addition, the CE offered one year of complimentary identity monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its workforce on email security.