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 May 15, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Communities Connected for Kids, Inc., FL
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 15, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13403, row:4542)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Communities Connected for Kids, Inc., reported that its vendor experienced a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 192,041 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice to its website. The BA also provided affected individuals with complimentary credit monitoring services. In response to the breach, the BA updated its risk management plan and implemented additional technical safeguards. OCR provided the BA with technical assistance pertaining to the HIPAA Security Rule.