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 Sept. 11, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Specialized Alternatives for Families & Youth of America, Inc., OH
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 11, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12692, row:3831)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Specialized Alternatives for Families & Youth of America, reported that multiple employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 58,123 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. The CE retrained its staff on email security precautions.