Health Data Breach Tracker/WI

Health Plan · Archived

Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin

533,809 individuals · submitted April 8, 2024

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin, reported that it was the subject of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 533,809 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth and medial record numbers. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on the requirement to protect and secure PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin
State
WI
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
533,809
Submission date
April 8, 2024
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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