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. 14, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Selected Benefits, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 14, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12744, row:3883)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Selected Benefits, reported that its email hosting service provider experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 8,100 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, and clinical and financial information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the email hosting service provider implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect PHI.