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 Feb. 24, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Engage Behavioral Health, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 24, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12986, row:4125)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Engage Behavioral Health, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 650 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, medical information and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary identity and credit monitoring services to all affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE provided training to its staff on the proper methods of recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.