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. 17, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Central Jersey Medical Center, NJ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 17, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9116, row:255)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Central Jersey Medical Center, reported that it experienced a hacking incident that affected the protected health information of 88,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, claims information, diagnoses/conditions, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained its workforce members to better protect its PHI.