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. 22, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Serco Inc. Group Health Plan, VA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Aug. 22, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10497, row:1636)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Serco Group Health Plan, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack and data breach that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 10,140 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and birthdates. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data.