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. 21, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Health Care Service Corporation, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Aug. 21, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10501, row:1640)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Health Care Service Corporation, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 220,913 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Privacy Rule.