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 July 14, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Pension Benefit Information, LLC, MN
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 14, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10595, row:1734)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Pension Benefit Information, reported that its third-party vendor experienced a cyber incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,866,694 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, and health insurance and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.