Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Lavaca Medical Center

48,705 individuals · submitted October 21, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Lavaca Medical Center, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 48,705 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical conditions, and diagnoses. 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 and retrained its staff.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Lavaca Medical Center
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
48,705
Submission date
October 21, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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