Health Data Breach Tracker/WA

Business Associate · Archived

Vimly Benefit Solutions, Inc.

2,675 individuals · submitted December 13, 2019

About this report

Vimly Benefit Solutions, the business associate (BA), reported that employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 182,947 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, and enrollment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Complimentary credit monitoring services were also provided to affected individuals as well as a toll-free number for questions and concerns. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR provided technical assistance to the BA and obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Vimly Benefit Solutions, Inc.
State
WA
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
2,675
Submission date
December 13, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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