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 24, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern NJ, Inc., NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 24, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10716, row:1855)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern NJ, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 10,172 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, treatment information, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.