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 May 14, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- CareSouth Carolina, Inc., SC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 14, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12154, row:3293)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), CareSouth Carolina, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 76,035 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, lab results, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE terminated its business relationship with the BA and implemented additional technical safeguards to better protected PHI.