Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Business Associate · Archived

AFTRA Retirement Fund

57,900 individuals · submitted February 25, 2020

About this report

The business associate (BA), AFTRA Retirement Fund, reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 57,900 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, and claims and financial information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Following the breach, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
AFTRA Retirement Fund
State
NY
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
57,900
Submission date
February 25, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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