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 May 18, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Bayhealth Medical Center, Inc., DE
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 18, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12149, row:3288)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Bayhealth Medical Center, Inc., reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 565 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, and prescription information. The CE worked with its BA to notify HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website.