Healthcare Provider · Archived
Women's Health Care Group of PA, LLC
300,000 individuals · submitted July 15, 2017
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Women’s Health Care Group of PA, LLC, reported that it suffered a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 300,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Women's Health Care Group of PA, LLC
- State
- PA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 300,000
- Submission date
- July 15, 2017
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Desktop Computer, Network Server
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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