Health Data Breach Tracker/MN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

County of Ramsey

8,687 individuals · submitted January 29, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), County of Ramsey, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 8,687 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthen its technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI and terminated its relationship with the BA.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
County of Ramsey
State
MN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
8,687
Submission date
January 29, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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