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Waste Management Health and Welfare Benefits Plan
ArchivedSubmitted 08/12/2021
Updated 15 hours ago ()
- State
- TX
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 922
- 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
Waste Management Health and Welfare Benefits Plan, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 922 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data.
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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