Health Data Breach Tracker/VA

Health Plan · Archived

Defense Health Headquarters

1,620 individuals · submitted September 9, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Defense Health Headquarters, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information of 1,620 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, birthdates, health insurance information, addresses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. The BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the BA undertook the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Defense Health Headquarters
State
VA
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
1,620
Submission date
September 9, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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