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 Sept. 9, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Defense Health Headquarters, VA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 9, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12701, row:3840)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Defense Health Headquarters, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information of 1,620 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, birthdates, health insurance information, addresses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. The BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the BA undertook the corrective actions noted.