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 4, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Worthington Steel Health and Welfare Plan, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 4, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9367, row:506)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Worthington Steel Health and Welfare Plan, reported that it sustained a ransomware attack that impacted the protected health information (PHI) of 4,078 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, health insurance information, claims and financial information, diagnoses and conditions, and medications. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media about the breach. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.