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 Sept. 20, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Illinois Department of Human Services and Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 20, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11898, row:3037)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, reported that previous members of households may have retained access to CE accounts after their access should have been terminated, and viewed protected health information (PHI) for members of their former households. The PHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers, financial information, and diagnoses. The breach affected 1,960 individuals. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals of the breach. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.