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Breach notice filed by The Richards Group (January 2021)

Organization named: The Richards Group Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Jan. 28, 2021.

Organization as reported
The Richards Group, VT
Entity type as reported
Business Associate
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Jan. 28, 2021
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12380, row:3519)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), The Richards Group, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 15,429 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and health insurance and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI. Staff were retrained on email security.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 15,429 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Jan. 28, 2021, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 12380)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • The Richards Group Named as a service provider Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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