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 March 28, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Samaritan's Purse, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 28, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9379, row:518)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Samaritan’s Purse, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) was subject to an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,351 individuals. The PHI included names, dates of birth, gender, and benefits information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the BA provided free credit protection services.