HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of June 21, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Adams Industries, Inc., NE
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 21, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14156, row:5295)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Adams Industries, Inc. (Adams), discovered that its computer systems were infected with a ransomware virus. OCR determined that Adams was not a covered entity or business associate and closed the case since the HIPAA Rules did not apply.