Healthcare Provider · Archived
Atlanta Allergy & Asthma
66,330 individuals · submitted April 5, 2021
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Atlanta Allergy and Asthma, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 66,330 individuals. The PHI involved names, dates of birth, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute breach notice on its website. Since this breach occurred, the CE implemented a variety of improved technical safeguards including additional email screening measures, improved network segmentation, new antivirus, patching, and monitoring software. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Atlanta Allergy & Asthma
- State
- GA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 66,330
- Submission date
- April 5, 2021
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Network Server
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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