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 Nov. 4, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Alamance Skin Center, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- Nov. 4, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12529, row:3668)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Alamance Skin Center, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,080 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, medical record numbers, diagnoses/conditions, 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 implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its workforce on HIPAA compliance.