HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of March 2, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Liberation Programs, Inc, CT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- March 2, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12320, row:3459)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Liberation Programs, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 7,406 individuals. The PHI involved included Social Security numbers, and images. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.