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 May 20, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- HopeWay Foundation, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 20, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9299, row:438)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), HopeWay Foundation, reported that multiple employees were the targets of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 3,523 individuals. The PHI contained demographic and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided security awareness training to its workforce and enhanced its access controls to better protect PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Rules.