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Breach notice filed by Employees Retirement System of Texas (October 2018)

Organization named: Employees Retirement System of Texas Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

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 Oct. 15, 2018.

Organization as reported
Employees Retirement System of Texas, TX
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Other
Submission date
Oct. 15, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13657, row:4796)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Employees Retirement System of Texas, discovered one of its members was able to view other individuals’ protected health information (PHI) after the member manipulated an editable search field within the CE’s online member portal. The PHI potentially affected included the names and social security numbers of approximately 1,248,263 individuals. As a result of the breach, the CE improved safeguards and trained its workforce members on better practices to protect PHI. Further, the CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.

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

Figures, per source

  • 1,248,263 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Oct. 15, 2018, 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.

  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13657)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

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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