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Valley Hope Association

Disclosed Jan 18, 20197 years ago70,799 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

The covered entity (CE), Valley Hope Association, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 70,799 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, addresses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on email security.

What is known

People affected70,799 (as reported by the organization)
DisclosedJan 18, 2019
DiscoveredNov 23, 2018
HappenedOct 9, 2018
AttackHacking
Data exposedNames, Social Security numbers, Health
SectorNonprofit · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
Indiana AGresidents of INJan 18, 201967
Maine AGresidents of MEJan 18, 201915
HHS archivetotalJan 18, 201970,799

Other breaches at Valley Hope Association

BreachAffected
Disclosed Feb 25, 2016Feb 25, 201610 years agoLost or stolen device52K
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), Valley Hope Association, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 70,799 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · data_types: [] to ["names","ssn"] · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · discovered: empty to 2018-11-23 · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

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

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