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 Nov. 27, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Colonial Behavioral Health, VA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 27, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9575, row:714)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Colonial Behavioral Health, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the target of a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 29,930 individuals. The PHI involved in the incident included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, social security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Upon discovering the incident, the CE updated its HIPAA policies and procedures to prevent future security incidents and implemented new administrative and technical safeguards.