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 March 25, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Health Net Life Insurance Company, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 25, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12266, row:3405)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Health Net Life Insurance Company, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 30,842 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Following the breach, the CE offered complimentary credit monitoring services and terminated its business relationship with the BA.