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 March 11, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Local 295 IBT Employer Group Welfare Fund, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 11, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11573, row:2712)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Local 295 IBT Employer Group Welfare Fund, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cybersecurity attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 6,123 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS; the BA notified affected individuals, the media, and law enforcement. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained its employees in an effort to better protect PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Privacy Rule.