Health Data Breach Tracker/MD

Health Plan · Archived

The Union Labor Life Insurance Company

87,400 individuals · submitted May 31, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), The Union Labor Life Insurance Company, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 186,900 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
The Union Labor Life Insurance Company
State
MD
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
87,400
Submission date
May 31, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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