Health Data Breach Tracker/WA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

MultiCare Health System

179,189 individuals · submitted August 22, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), MultiCare Health System, reported that its business associate experienced a ransomware attack affecting the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 179,189 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, clinical information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
MultiCare Health System
State
WA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
179,189
Submission date
August 22, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

More breach reports in WA

More Hacking/IT Incident reports