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 2, 2026.
- Organization as reported
- Lincoln National Corporation d/b/a Lincoln Financial, IN
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- June 2, 2026
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 8912, row:51)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Lincoln National Corporation d/b/a Lincoln Financial, reported that a mailing error affected the protected health information (PHI) of 3,070 individuals. The PHI involved included demographic information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals, and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.