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 April 5, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc. Employee Benefits Plan (through its sponsor, Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc.), NC
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 5, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13474, row:4613)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 9,352 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, financial information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI.