IEC Group, Inc. data breach (2023)

Breach discoveredAG web form

Jul 5, 2023

Reported by WASHINGTON AG filing

36 days

🌲Washington State AGFirst filinglinked via same-victim cross-source · 100%

Filed Aug 10, 2023bd_6702ba3ceec6e04b

IEC Group Inc., dba AmeriBen, a health sector entity reported a theft or mistake incident to the Washington Attorney General. The organization became aware of the incident on 2023-07-05 and filed notice on 2023-08-10. 662 Washington residents were affected. 36 days elapsed between awareness and notification. 729 days to identify the breach. 0 days to contain the breach.

Affected (this filing): 662

WA AG >30d

IDAHOHHS OCRMost recentlinked via same-victim cross-source · 100%

Filed Aug 24, 2023bd_e6e8a1f5296e6b41

IEC Group, Inc. dba AmeriBen reported to HHS on 2023-08-24 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 74,884 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee inadvertently sent an email containing PHI (names, financial info, treatment info) to patients. The covered entity notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and retrained the employee.

Affected (this filing): 74,884

IEC Group, Inc.

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