Health Data Breach Tracker/NC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Wilmington Surgical Associates, P.A.

114,834 individuals · submitted December 17, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Wilmington Surgical Associates, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 114,834 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, clinical information, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented new HIPAA policies and procedures and strengthened its technical safeguards.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Wilmington Surgical Associates, P.A.
State
NC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
114,834
Submission date
December 17, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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