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. 8, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- LifeBridge Health, Inc, MD
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 8, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9514, row:653)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
LifeBridge Health, Inc., the covered entity (CE), reported that multiple employees were the targets of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 25,895 individuals. The PHI involved included names and addresses, birthdates, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, medications, claims and health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, media outlets, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.