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Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Illinois Department of Human Services
ArchivedSubmitted 10/21/2022
Updated 17 hours ago ()
- State
- IL
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 480,435
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- 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), Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Illinois Department of Human Services reported an employee made a coding error that made the protected health information (PHI) of 480,435 individuals viewable by others via the Internet. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, financial information, and diagnoses/conditions. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals and implemented additional technical safeguards 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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