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 Dec. 22, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Agency for Community Treatment Services, Inc., FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Dec. 22, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12433, row:3572)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Agency for Community Treatment Services, reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 73,825 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial and health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. Further, the CE provided additional training to its workforce regarding best practices for HIPAA privacy and security and the use of the CE’s network systems.