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 Aug. 9, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Cancer Center of Kansas, KS
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Aug. 9, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13275, row:4414)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Cancer Center of Kansas, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 773 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.