Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Elderplan, Inc. (August 2017)

Organization named: Elderplan, Inc. 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 OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Aug. 5, 2017.

Organization as reported: Elderplan, Inc., NY
Entity type as reported: Health Plan
Category as reported: Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported: Email
Submission date: Aug. 5, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14103, row:5242)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Elderplan, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 65,235 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, health insurance information, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

65,235 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Aug. 5, 2017, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

2017-08-05Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14103)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Elderplan, Inc. Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

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text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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