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 July 2, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Coastal Family Health Center, Inc, MS
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Email, Network Server
- Submission date
- July 2, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12032, row:3171)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Coastal Family Health Center, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 65,860 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth; Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice its website. In response to the breach, the CE offered free credit monitoring services and implemented additional technical safeguards, revised it policies and procedures, and retrained its workforce.