Health Data Breach Tracker/WV

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Weirton Medical Center

26,793 individuals · submitted March 18, 2024

About this report

Weirton Medical Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 26,793 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, health insurance information, and claims and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Weirton Medical Center
State
WV
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
26,793
Submission date
March 18, 2024
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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