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 Aug. 2, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Plumbers Local 8 Health & Welfare Fund, MO
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 2, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10554, row:1693)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Plumbers Local 8 Health & Welfare Fund, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 4,790 individuals. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses/conditions, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.