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 March 29, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- UHS of Delaware, Inc., PA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 29, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10824, row:1963)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
UHS of Delaware, the business associate (BA), reported that an employee of its subcontractor was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) for 40,290 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, claims and health insurance information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. All staff were retrained on email security precautions.