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 16, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Airway Oxygen, Inc., MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 16, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14164, row:5303)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Airway Oxygen, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 500,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to those affected and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.