Health Data Breach Tracker/WA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Peoples Injury Network Northwest

27,000 individuals · submitted September 12, 2019

About this report

Peoples Injury Network Northwest, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 27,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, drivers’ license information, diagnoses, clinical information and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Affected individuals were provided with complimentary credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Peoples Injury Network Northwest
State
WA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
27,000
Submission date
September 12, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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