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 May 11, 2016.
- Organization as reported
- Family Medicine of Weston, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 11, 2016
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14533, row:5672)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Family Medicine of Weston, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 10,700 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. At the time of the breach, the CE did not have a business associate agreement in place with the BA, and had not completed a risk analysis. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance. In response to the breach, the CE ceased its business relationship with the BA.