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 24, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- iCircle Services of the Finger Lakes, Inc., NY
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 24, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9888, row:1027)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), iCircle Services of the Finger Lakes, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 3,414 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, passport numbers, financial and claims information, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.