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 April 5, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- River City Insurance Group d/b/a Lavinder Group & Associates, VA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 5, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11546, row:2685)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), River City Insurance Group dba Lavinder Group & Associates, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,118 individuals. The PHI involved included names, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and claims and financial information. In response to the breach, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.