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 Jan. 17, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Brady Martz & Associates PC, ND
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Jan. 17, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10197, row:1336)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Brady Martz & Associates reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 13,655 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and claims information. The BA notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.