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 April 13, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Hartford HealthCare, CT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 13, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12917, row:4056)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Hartford HealthCare, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,651 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses, health insurance information, Social Security numbers, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. As a result of this incident, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI.