Health Data Breach Tracker/WV

Health Plan · Archived

West Virginia Senior Advantage

1,049 individuals · submitted March 18, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), West Virginia Senior Advantage, reported that its business associate’s (BA) subcontractor suffered a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,049 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses and conditions, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The BA’s subcontractor notified affected individuals and offered complimentary credit monitoring services. The CE notified HHS, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
West Virginia Senior Advantage
State
WV
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
1,049
Submission date
March 18, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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