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 18, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- West Virginia Senior Advantage, WV
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 18, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12291, row:3430)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), West Virginia Senior Advantage, reported that its business associate’s (BA) subcontractor suffered a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,049 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses and conditions, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The BA’s subcontractor notified affected individuals and offered complimentary credit monitoring services. The CE notified HHS, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website.