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, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Health Care Service Corporation, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Other
- Submission date
- April 13, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9350, row:489)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Health Care Service Corporation, reported that it experienced a hacking incident that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 2,944 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to the affected individuals, the media, the HHS Secretary, and posted substitute breach notice on its websites. In response to the breach, the CE implemented a variety of new safeguards on member account registration, and a series of technical improvements to detect and block suspicious activity in the member portal.