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 July 16, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Allergy and Asthma Clinic of Fort Worth, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 16, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12783, row:3922)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Allergy and Asthma Clinic of Fort Worth, reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack affecting the protected health information of 69,777 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its workforce on cybersecurity safety awareness.