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 May 8, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- WebTPA Employer Services, LLC (“WebTPA”), TX
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 8, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9917, row:1056)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), WebTPA Employer Services, LLC, reported that an unauthorized individual gained access to its system through a VPN connection. This incident affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,518,533 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and social security numbers. The BA notified HHS, the affected covered entities, the affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional system monitoring safeguards and additional technical safeguards.