Health Data Breach Tracker/IN

Health Plan · Archived

Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and its affiliate Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York

2,468 individuals · submitted February 7, 2020

About this report

Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 2,468 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, and insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions discussed above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and its affiliate Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York
State
IN
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
2,468
Submission date
February 7, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

More breach reports in IN

More Hacking/IT Incident reports