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 Nov. 6, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- People Incorporated, MN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 6, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12524, row:3663)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), People Incorporated, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 27,500 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses/conditions, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, provided complimentary credit monitoring services. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its employees on email security.