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 Jan. 12, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 12, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10203, row:1342)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center, reported that multiple employee were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 6,194 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, addresses, dates of birth, financial and claims information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.