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Breach notice filed by Merchants Benefit Administration (April 2024)

Organization named: Merchants Benefit Administration Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of April 30, 2024.

Organization as reported
Merchants Benefit Administration, AZ
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
April 30, 2024
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9935, row:1074)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Merchants Benefit Administration, reported that three employees were the subjects of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 767 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, and financial information. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. In response to the breach the CE improved its technical and administrative safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 767 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date April 30, 2024, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 9935)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Merchants Benefit Administration Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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