Health Data Breach Tracker/DE

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Bayhealth Medical Center

497,047 individuals · submitted October 4, 2024

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Bayhealth Medical Center, reported that it experienced a cyberattack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 497,047 individuals. The PHI involved included Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses/conditions, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Bayhealth Medical Center
State
DE
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
497,047
Submission date
October 4, 2024
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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