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Word & Brown Insurance Administrators, Inc.
ArchivedSubmitted 12/23/2024
Updated 19 hours ago ()
- State
- CA
- Covered entity type
- Business Associate
- Individuals affected
- 3,223
- Business associate present
- Yes
- Type of breach
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of breached information
- Network Server
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), Word & Brown Insurance Administrators, Inc., reported that it experienced a cyberattack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 3,223 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, and dates of birth. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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