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 21, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Atlantic Digestive Specialists, NH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 21, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14208, row:5347)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Atlantic Digestive Specialists, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,081 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, telephone numbers, medical record numbers, health insurance and clinical information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. Employees were also retrained in recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications.