Health Data Breach Tracker/MI

Business Associate · Archived

Advantage Benefits Group

7,147 individuals · submitted April 6, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Advantage Benefits Group, reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 7,147 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security precautions.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Advantage Benefits Group
State
MI
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
7,147
Submission date
April 6, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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