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 27, 2016.
- Organization as reported
- Family & Children's Services of Mid Michigan, Inc., MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 27, 2016
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14543, row:5682)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Family & Children’s Services of Mid Michigan, Inc., reported that its server was attacked by a ransomware virus. The breach affected 981 individuals. The type of electronic protected health information (ePHI) involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, telephone numbers, financial information, medications prescribed, and clinical information. Family & Children’s Services provided notification of the breach to HHS, all affected individuals, and the media. The covered entity strengthened its password requirements, conducted a risk analysis, and implemented a risk management plan. The covered entity provided documentation of these corrective steps to OCR.