Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Owens Ear Center

19,908 individuals · submitted July 27, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Owens Ear Center, reported that it was the target of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 19,908 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Owens Ear Center
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
19,908
Submission date
July 27, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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