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Equinox

Disclosed Dec 6, 20196 years ago1,231 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

The covered entity (CE), Equinox, Inc., reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,021 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, claims information, medical record numbers, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. Moreover, the covered entity retrained its staff on email security.

What is known

People affected1,231 (as reported by the organization)
DisclosedDec 6, 2019
DiscoveredOct 9, 2019
HappenedJun 6, 2019
AttackHacking
Data exposedNames, Social Security numbers, Health
SectorHealthcare · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Source
Maine Attorney General breach notice archive: Equinoxmaine.gov · Official notice
HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Equinox (Healthcare Provider, NY)ocrportal.hhs.gov · Official notice

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
Maine AGresidents of MEDec 6, 20191
HHS archivetotalDec 6, 20191,021

Other breaches at Equinox

BreachAffected
Disclosed Nov 15, 2024Nov 15, 20241 year agoHacking22K
History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to hacking · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · data_types: ["names","ssn"] to ["names","ssn","health"] · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · summary: empty to The covered entity (CE), Equinox, Inc., reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,021 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of bir · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

First seen 2026-09-25 (Maine AG), confirmed by Maine AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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