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. 25, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Easterseals Rehabilitation Center Evansville, IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 25, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9640, row:779)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Easterseals Rehabilitation Center Evansville, reported that it experienced a cyberattack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 8,394 individuals. The PHI involved 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, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE enhanced its access controls and its threat detection solutions to better protect its PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Rules.