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 Feb. 15, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Employee Benefits Corporation of America and Benefit Design Group, Inc., VA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Feb. 15, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10134, row:1273)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Employee Benefits Corporation of America and Benefit Design Group, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 38,912 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, claims and financial information, and other identifiers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE changed all administrative passwords and enhanced backup and recovery solutions.