Health Data Breach Tracker/NC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Aging Disability and Transit Services of Rockingham County

14,000 individuals · submitted May 15, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Aging Disability and Transit Services of Rockingham County, experienced a ransomware attack affecting the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 14,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, medical diagnoses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Aging Disability and Transit Services of Rockingham County
State
NC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
14,000
Submission date
May 15, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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