Healthcare Provider · Archived
The Chattanooga Heart Institute
545,491 individuals · submitted July 28, 2023
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Chattanooga Heart Institute, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 595,491 individuals. The affected information included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE provided breach notification to the affected individuals, the media, the HHS Secretary, and posted substitute breach notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE reset all passwords and implemented a series of improved technical safeguards.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- The Chattanooga Heart Institute
- State
- TN
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 545,491
- Submission date
- July 28, 2023
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Network Server
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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