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 June 2, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Spire Power Solutions, L.P., GA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- June 2, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12107, row:3246)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Spire Power Solutions, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) experienced an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 771 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, and treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE updated its policies and procedures to provide additional safeguards for its ePHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding business associate agreements and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.