Health Data Breach Tracker/NJ

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Susan M Hughes Center

11,400 individuals · submitted December 27, 2016

About this report

The Susan M. Hughes Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 11,400 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, telephone numbers, financial information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff to better protect its sensitive data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Susan M Hughes Center
State
NJ
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
11,400
Submission date
December 27, 2016
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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