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. 19, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Athens County Board of Developmental Disabilities, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 19, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9590, row:729)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Athens County Board of Developmental Disabilities, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experiences a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 1,458 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, diagnoses, conditions, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE took several corrective actions in response to the breach including implementing multi-factor authentication and providing additional HIPAA training to its work force members.