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 March 27, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Brandywine Urology Consultants, PA, DE
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 27, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12939, row:4078)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Brandywine Urology Consultants, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 131,825 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, birthdates, claims and financial information, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI.