Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Fairfax County Public Schools' Health Plan (February 2021)

Organization named: Fairfax County Public Schools' Health Plan 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 Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Feb. 2, 2021.

Organization as reported: Fairfax County Public Schools' Health Plan, VA
Entity type as reported: Business Associate
Category as reported: Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported: Email
Submission date: Feb. 2, 2021
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12369, row:3508)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

Fairfax County Public Schools’ Health Plan, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee of a vendor of its business associate (BA) was the victim of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 11,056 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The BA provided affected individuals with free credit monitoring services.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

11,056 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Feb. 2, 2021, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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2021-02-02Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 12369)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Fairfax County Public Schools' Health Plan Named as a service provider 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, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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