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 12, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Illinois Department of Human Services, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 12, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10742, row:1881)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services , Illinois Department of Human Services, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a hacking attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 50,839 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, and telephone numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards.