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Illinois Department of Human Services and Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services
ArchivedSubmitted 09/20/2021
Updated 19 hours ago ()
- State
- IL
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,960
- Business associate present
- No
- 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), Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, reported that previous members of households may have retained access to CE accounts after their access should have been terminated, and viewed protected health information (PHI) for members of their former households. The PHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers, financial information, and diagnoses. The breach affected 1,960 individuals. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals of the breach. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security 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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