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 Dec. 31, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- REEF Global Inc., FL
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Dec. 31, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12411, row:3550)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), REEF Global, Inc., reported that it suffered a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,951 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and offered complimentary credit monitoring services. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI.