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 May 16, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Aeroflow Inc., NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 16, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13402, row:4541)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Aeroflow, Inc., reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 4,454 individuals. The PHI involved included names, email addresses, and financial information. Aeroflow notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.