Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Health First, Inc (October 2018)

Organization named: Health First, Inc. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Oct. 5, 2018.

Organization as reported: Health First, Inc, FL
Entity type as reported: Healthcare Provider
Category as reported: Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported: Email
Submission date: Oct. 5, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13674, row:4813)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Health First, Inc., discovered on May 31, 2018, that a phishing attack compromised 38 email accounts beginning in February 2018. The breach affected the protected health information (PHI) of 41,810 individuals, including demographic financial, clinical, and health insurance information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned and retrained employees. It also revised technical safeguards for its email system and enhanced its user activity monitoring procedures. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

42,000 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Oct. 5, 2018, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

2018-10-05Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13674)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Health First, Inc. Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

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text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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