Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Granite Wellness Centers

15,600 individuals · submitted February 4, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Granite Wellness Centers, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 15,600 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards, provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals, and retrained its workforce members to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Granite Wellness Centers
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
15,600
Submission date
February 4, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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