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 April 23, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Cape Fear Aesthetics, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 23, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9954, row:1093)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Cape Fear Aesthetics, reported that it experienced a hacking attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,165 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, financial information, and treatment information. The CE provided breach notification to the affected individuals, the media, the HHS Secretary, and posted substitute breach notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented a series of improved technical safeguards.