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. 23, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Word & Brown Insurance Administrators, Inc., CA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Dec. 23, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9535, row:674)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Word & Brown Insurance Administrators, Inc., reported that it experienced a cyberattack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 3,223 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, and dates of birth. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.