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 April 11, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Altoona Area School District, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 11, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11533, row:2672)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Altoona Area School District, a hybrid entity with a self-funded health plan health care component, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 9,196 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, financial and health insurance information, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.