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 May 31, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- The Union Labor Life Insurance Company, MD
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 31, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13383, row:4522)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), The Union Labor Life Insurance Company, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 186,900 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.