Healthcare Provider · Archived
Heart South Cardiovascular Group
20,577 individuals · submitted June 13, 2024
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Heart South Cardiovascular Group experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 20,577 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, health insurance information, claims and financial information, Social Security numbers, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented new technical safeguards, and retrained workforce members. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Heart South Cardiovascular Group
- State
- AL
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 20,577
- Submission date
- June 13, 2024
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Network Server
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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