HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Oct. 11, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Center for Urban Community Services, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 11, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9659, row:798)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA) reported that it experienced a cyberattack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 38,000 individuals. The PHI affected included names, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, financial information, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.