Healthcare Provider · Archived
Cardiology Center of Acadiana
9,681 individuals · submitted April 7, 2017
About this report
Cardiology Center of Acadiana, the covered entity (CE), reported that protected health information (PHI) on a computer server became encrypted and unusable as a result of a ransomware attack. The attack affected the PHI of 9,681 individuals and included demographic, financial, and clinical information. The CE provided breach notification to the affected individuals, HHS, and the media. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE also took corrective action, implementing technical safeguards, including installing a new firewall.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Cardiology Center of Acadiana
- State
- LA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 9,681
- Submission date
- April 7, 2017
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Network Server
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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