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 May 23, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Connections for Kids, ME
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 23, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9296, row:435)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Connections for Kids, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 938 individuals. The PHI involved included clinical and demographic information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.