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 June 19, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Family Tree Health Clinic, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 19, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14160, row:5299)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Family Tree Health Clinic, the covered entity (CE), reported that a ransomware attack on its computer system resulted in the system being encrypted and data held for ransom. The CE determined that the demographic, financial, and clinical information of 13,402 individuals was involved in the breach. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals and the media. The CE also implemented technical safeguards, updated procedures, and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.