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 May 19, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Southwestern Indiana Regional Council on Aging, IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 19, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12147, row:3286)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Southwestern Indiana Regional Counsel on Aging, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 4,250 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, birthdates, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. The CE also provided complimentary credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, all workforce members were retrained on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.