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 4, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Cattaraugus-Allegany Board of Cooperative Education Services, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 4, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9993, row:1132)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Cattaraugus-Allegany Board of Cooperative Education Services, reported that it experienced a cybersecurity incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 15,203 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, financial and claims information, diagnoses, and medications. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.