Healthcare Clearing House · Archived
Georgia Department of Human Services
15,938 individuals · submitted September 17, 2021
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Georgia Department of Human Services, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 15,938 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, financial information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The BA notified affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE notified HHS. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Georgia Department of Human Services
- State
- GA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Clearing House
- Individuals affected
- 15,938
- Submission date
- September 17, 2021
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Network Server
- Business associate present
- Yes
- OCR status
- Archived
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