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 May 22, 2026.
- Organization as reported
- Equinix Incorporated Group Health and Welfare Benefit Plan, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 22, 2026
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 8914, row:53)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Equinix Group Health & Welfare Benefit Plan, reported that it was notified by its business associate (BA) that it experienced a breach that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 677 individuals. The PHI involved included demographic information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals, implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.