Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Business Associate · Archived

Pendurthi Surgical Associates

7,925 individuals · submitted November 30, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Pendurthi Surgical Associates, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 7,925 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of births, addresses, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA and CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect sensitive data.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Pendurthi Surgical Associates
State
PA
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
7,925
Submission date
November 30, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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