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 Sept. 22, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 22, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10451, row:1590)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Allegheny County, the business associate (BA), reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,505 individuals. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI.