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 Aug. 13, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- McCoy Consulting Services LLC, WV
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 13, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11955, row:3094)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), McCoy Consulting Services, reported that a partner was the victim of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 5,665 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, passport numbers, email addresses, medical record numbers, diagnoses, prescription information, and health insurance and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative, security, and technical safeguards to better protected its PHI.