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 Oct. 7, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Dr. Amy Woodruff, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 7, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13670, row:4809)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Dr. Amy Woodruff, the covered entity (CE), reported that her practice was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 10,862 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, mailing addresses, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, clinical diagnoses, and medical conditions. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach incident, the CE implemented new administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff to better protect the privacy of ePHI.