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 April 14, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- United Steelworkers Local 286, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 14, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10787, row:1926)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
United Steelworkers Local 286, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 37,965 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, drivers’ license and/or state identification numbers, passport numbers, and health insurance and other treatment information. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.