- State
- CT
- Covered entity type
- Business Associate
- Individuals affected
- 38,529
- 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 covered entity (CE), Saint Francis Healthcare Partners, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 38,529 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, diagnoses, health insurance information, and treatment and clinical information. Following the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.
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.