NEW YORKHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Communications Workers of America Local 1180 Security Benefits Fund

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 13, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

18,550

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Communications Workers of America Local 1180 Security Benefits Fund →

Communications Workers of America Local 1180 Security Benefits Fund reported to HHS on 2026-02-13 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 18,550 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record, Other. A business associate experienced the breach involving clinical and demographic PHI.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Feb 13, 2026

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed18,550 affectedView incident

Name: Communications Workers of America Local 1180 Security Benefits Fund
norm: communications workers of america local 1180 security benefits
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Communications Workers of America Local 1180 Security Benefits Fund
norm: communications workers of america local 1180 security benefits
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 18,550nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Electronic medical recordOther
Covered-entity type: Health planBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals
Changes made: BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Feb 13, 2026
Raw hash: 332d93cf29cde09b72b3dfb6f3a66560cea9b3c5bc755c8f6bded0b469801f9a

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Reporting entityCommunications Workers of America Local 1180 Security Benefits Fund

Victim entityCommunications Workers of America Local 1180 Security Benefits Fund

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing