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. 1, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- The House Next Door, Inc., FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 1, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12372, row:3511)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), The House Next Door, Inc., reported multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 6,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and program enrollment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee, strengthened its technical safeguards, and retrained its staff on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications.