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, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Bates Technical College, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 13, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13221, row:4360)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Bates Technical College, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 2,112 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, gender, phone numbers, clinical information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE revised its HIPAA policy and procedures, retrained its workforce members, and implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR received assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.