Health Data Breach Tracker/LA

Health Plan · Archived

Starmount Life Insurance Company

630 individuals · submitted December 9, 2019

About this report

Starmount Life Insurance Company, the covered entity (CE), reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 563 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial information, and member identification numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Starmount Life Insurance Company
State
LA
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
630
Submission date
December 9, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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