Health Data Breach Tracker/Record

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Farmacia La Amistad Inc.

2,500 individuals · submitted May 24, 2019

About this report

Farmacia La Amistad, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,500 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, drivers’ license numbers, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE retrained its staff and implemented additional technical and security safeguards.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Farmacia La Amistad Inc.
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,500
Submission date
May 24, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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