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Breach notice filed by National Counseling Group (March 2016)

Organization named: National Counseling Group 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 March 21, 2016.

Organization as reported
National Counseling Group, VA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
March 21, 2016
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14579, row:5718)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

An unauthorized user accessed multiple employees' email accounts after the employees responded to phishing emails. The breach included the protected health information (PHI) of 23,000 individuals and included names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial information, and clinical information. The covered entity (CE) provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE implemented two-factor authentication for its email system and provided employees with additional security awareness training. OCR reviewed the CE's risk analysis and provided technical assistance regarding the completion of a new risk analysis.

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

Figures, per source

  • 23,000 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date March 21, 2016, 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 14579)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • National Counseling Group 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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