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 Sept. 13, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Atrium Health, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 13, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9705, row:844)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Atrium Health, the covered entity (CE), reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 32,120 patients of the CE. The PHI included patient names, dates of birth, addresses, driver’s license, Social Security Numbers, claims information, banking and financial information, medications, diagnoses and conditions, and other treatment information. The CE provided timely breach notification to the HHS Secretary, affected individuals, and media. The CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.