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 Feb. 11, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Sharecare Health Data Services, LLC, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Feb. 11, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13535, row:4674)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Sharecare Health Data Services, LLC, a business associate (BA), reported that it was the victim of a hacking incident involving the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 7,300 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, clinical information, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, as well as the FBI. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional technical and security safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.