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 Oct. 27, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 27, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14016, row:5155)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,624 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, health insurance information, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Following the breach, the BA implemented additional technical and security safeguards and retrained its staff to better protect ePHI.