Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Health Plan · Archived

Local 295 IBT Employer Group Welfare Fund

6,123 individuals · submitted March 11, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Local 295 IBT Employer Group Welfare Fund, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cybersecurity attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 6,123 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS; the BA notified affected individuals, the media, and law enforcement. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained its employees in an effort to better protect PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Local 295 IBT Employer Group Welfare Fund
State
NY
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
6,123
Submission date
March 11, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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