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 Dec. 1, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- CommonSpirit Health, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Dec. 1, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11019, row:2158)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
CommonSpirit Health, the business associate (BA), reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 633,031 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, conditions, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.