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. 18, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Helping the Aging Needy and Disabled Inc, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Oct. 18, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10412, row:1551)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Helping the Aging Needy and Disabled, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 628 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and diagnoses/conditions. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.