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 Oct. 12, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Defense Health Agency, VA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 12, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11134, row:2273)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Defense Health Agency, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) was the subject of a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,279 individuals. The PHI involved included names and medication information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. The BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to protect PHI.