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 Aug. 7, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Cranberry Township Emergency Medical Service, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Aug. 7, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10543, row:1682)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Cranberry Township Emergency Medical Service, reported that a software application used by its business associate (BA) exposed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,247 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and IP addresses. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and the CE and BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.