Healthcare Provider · Archived
Washington County Department of Human Services
13,583 individuals · submitted March 26, 2024
About this report
Washington County Department of Human Services, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 13,583 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, medications, diagnoses, and additional treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. All staff were retrained.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Washington County Department of Human Services
- State
- PA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 13,583
- Submission date
- March 26, 2024
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Network Server
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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