Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

55,983 individuals · submitted August 28, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack affecting the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 55,983 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, and 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
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
State
IL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
55,983
Submission date
August 28, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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