HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of March 24, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Atlantic General Hospital, MD
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 24, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10830, row:1969)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Atlantic General Hospital, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a hacking attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 132,817 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, laboratory results, and clinical treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its technical safeguards to increase its security posture.