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IHS

ArchivedSubmitted 04/15/2014
State
MD
Covered entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
5,000
Business associate present
No
Type of breach
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of breached information
Other
First seen by InfoSec Signals
9/23/2026
Last seen in OCR export
9/23/2026

OCR description

An employee of the covered entity’s (CE) network penetration testing team discovered protected health information (PHI) on open shares in a network attached storage device that could have affected 5,000 individuals if the IT department had not caught the problem in time. There was no indication of a breach and the CE immediately secured the website and notified the facility to delete all emails. The CE implemented a mandatory monthly training for all site managers to include a discussion of all site incidents.

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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