- State
- MD
- Covered entity type
- Business Associate
- Individuals affected
- 878,550
- Business associate present
- Yes
- Type of breach
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of breached information
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
The business associate (BA), US Fertility, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 878,550 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI. Staff were retrained on email security.
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.