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 April 18, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- ELENA MARIA BURUIANA PHYSICIAN P.C., NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 18, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13448, row:4587)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Elena Maria Buruiana, Physician, P.C., reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,308 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, diagnoses, and lab results. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. As a result of the breach the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. All workforce members were retrained. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.