Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Business Associate · Archived

Highmark Inc

36,600 individuals · submitted February 10, 2023

About this report

Highmark, the business associate (BA), reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 36,600 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses, medications, claims and financial information, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the incident, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Highmark Inc
State
PA
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
36,600
Submission date
February 10, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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