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 Dec. 12, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Jewish Social Services Agency, MD
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Dec. 12, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13095, row:4234)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Jewish Social Service Agency, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,145 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, health insurance information, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI.