- State
- DE
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 2,823
- Business associate present
- Yes
- Type of breach
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of breached information
- Network Server
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware, the covered entity (CE), reported that a vendor of its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 2,823 individuals. The PHI involved included names, phone numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment and computer access information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE, BA and its vendor, implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data.
Change history
- 9/23/2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, Breach Portal. Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.