Selected Benefits

Disclosed Aug 12, 20208,100 affectedConfirmed

The business associate (BA), Selected Benefits, reported that its email hosting service provider experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 8,100 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, and clinical and financial information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the email hosting service provider implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect PHI.

What is known

People affected	8,100 (as reported to HHS)
Disclosed	Aug 12, 2020
Happened	Jun 15, 2020
Attack	Hacking
Data exposed	NamesHealth
Sector	Insurance · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Official noticein.gov

Indiana Attorney General 2020 data breach report: Selected Benefits

Official noticeocrportal.hhs.gov

HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Selected Benefits (Business Associate, PA)

Notices filed

Residents of INAug 12, 2020

Indiana AG1 person

TotalAug 14, 2020

HHS archive8,100 people

History of this record

attack2026-09-25

unknown to hackingby backfillSource

data_types2026-09-25

[] to ["names","health"]by backfillSource

records_basis2026-09-25

organization to hhsby backfillSource

records2026-09-25

8000 to 8100by backfillSource

summary2026-09-25

empty to The business associate (BA), Selected Benefits, reported that its email hosting service provider experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 8,100 individuals. The PHI involved included names, datesby backfillSource

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby backfillSource

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

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