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Breach notice filed by Delta Dental of Illinois (April 2019)

Organization named: Delta Dental of Illinois Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

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 April 16, 2019.

Organization as reported
Delta Dental of Illinois, IL
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
April 16, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13456, row:4595)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Delta Dental of Illinois, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information of 5,092 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, health insurance information, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce member on email security.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 5,092 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date April 16, 2019, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13456)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Delta Dental of Illinois Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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