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Breach notice filed by Cardiology Center of Acadiana (April 2017)

Organization named: Cardiology Center of Acadiana Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

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 7, 2017.

Organization as reported
Cardiology Center of Acadiana, LA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Network Server
Submission date
April 7, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14222, row:5361)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Cardiology Center of Acadiana, the covered entity (CE), reported that protected health information (PHI) on a computer server became encrypted and unusable as a result of a ransomware attack. The attack affected the PHI of 9,681 individuals and included demographic, financial, and clinical information. The CE provided breach notification to the affected individuals, HHS, and the media. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE also took corrective action, implementing technical safeguards, including installing a new firewall.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 9,681 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date April 7, 2017, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14222)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Cardiology Center of Acadiana Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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