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Local 295 IBT Employer Group Welfare Fund
ArchivedSubmitted 03/11/2022
Updated 23 hours ago ()
- State
- NY
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 6,123
- 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), Local 295 IBT Employer Group Welfare Fund, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cybersecurity attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 6,123 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS; the BA notified affected individuals, the media, and law enforcement. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained its employees in an effort to better protect PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
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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