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
- Major League Baseball Players Benefit Plan, MD
- 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 11574, row:2713)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Major League Baseball Players Benefit Plan, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cybersecurity attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 13,156 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The CE coordinated with the BA to provide notice to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI. Staff were also retrained.