Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Health Plan · Archived

Health Care Service Corp

543 individuals · submitted June 15, 2021

About this report

Health Care Service Corporation, the covered entity (CE), reported that a vendor of its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 543 individuals. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, diagnoses, claims information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE and BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect sensitive data. All staff were retrained.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Health Care Service Corp
State
IL
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
543
Submission date
June 15, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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