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 June 5, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency, KY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer, Email
- Submission date
- June 5, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12854, row:3993)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme involving the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,663 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, physical addresses, drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses, health insurance information, and claims and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. In addition, all workforce members were retrained on the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.