Health Data Breach Tracker/DC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Planned Parenthood of Metro Washington

142,982 individuals · submitted November 20, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Planned Parenthood of Metro Washington, reported that it was the subject of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 142,982 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, diagnoses, medications prescribed, lab results, health insurance information, Social Security and driver’s license numbers, financial information, and other treatment 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 PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Planned Parenthood of Metro Washington
State
DC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
142,982
Submission date
November 20, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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