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 Sept. 27, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Hafetz and Associates, NJ
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 27, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9685, row:824)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Hafetz and Associates, reported that multiple employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 26,474 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, addresses medications, claims and financial information, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.