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 Dec. 21, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Welfare, Pension and Annuity Funds of Local No. ONE, I.A.T.S.E., NY
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Dec. 21, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11715, row:2854)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Welfare, Pension and Annuity Funds of Local No. ONE, I.A.T.S.E., reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 20,549 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, government identification numbers, financial information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its employees on cybersecurity awareness practices.