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Breach notice filed by Milestone Electric, Inc. (October 2020)

Organization named: Milestone Electric, Inc. 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 Oct. 8, 2020.

Organization as reported
Milestone Electric, Inc., TX
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Oct. 8, 2020
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12600, row:3739)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Milestone Electric, reported that employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 4,973 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards, updated its policies and procedures, and retrained its workforce members on email security.

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

Figures, per source

  • 4,973 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Oct. 8, 2020, 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 12600)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Milestone Electric, Inc. 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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