Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Health Plan · Archived

United Steelworkers Local 286

37,965 individuals · submitted April 14, 2023

About this report

United Steelworkers Local 286, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 37,965 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, drivers’ license and/or state identification numbers, passport numbers, and health insurance and other treatment information. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
United Steelworkers Local 286
State
PA
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
37,965
Submission date
April 14, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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