Health Data Breach Tracker/AZ

Health Plan · Archived

Asarco Health, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending, Non-Union Employee Benefits, and Retiree Medical Plans

28,000 individuals · submitted September 3, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Asarco Health, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending, Non-Union Employee Benefits, and Retiree Medical Plans, reported that it experienced ransomware attacks that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 28,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, addresses, claims and financial information, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and lab results. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Asarco Health, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending, Non-Union Employee Benefits, and Retiree Medical Plans
State
AZ
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
28,000
Submission date
September 3, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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