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 Aug. 29, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Goodwin Living Incorporated, VA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 29, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9730, row:869)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Goodwin Living Incorporated, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the target of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 7,170 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, financial and health insurance information, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. Staff were retrained on email security.