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Health First, Inc

ArchivedSubmitted 10/05/2018
State
FL
Covered entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
42,000
Business associate present
No
Type of breach
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of breached information
Email
First seen by InfoSec Signals
9/23/2026
Last seen in OCR export
9/23/2026

OCR description

The covered entity (CE), Health First, Inc., discovered on May 31, 2018, that a phishing attack compromised 38 email accounts beginning in February 2018. The breach affected the protected health information (PHI) of 41,810 individuals, including demographic financial, clinical, and health insurance information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned and retrained employees. It also revised technical safeguards for its email system and enhanced its user activity monitoring procedures. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

Change history

  • 9/23/2026Added 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

Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.

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