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 July 28, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Florida Health Sciences Center, Inc. dba Tampa General Hospital, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 28, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10568, row:1707)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Florida Health Sciences Center dba Tampa General Hospital reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,430,920 individuals. The PHI involved includes names, addresses, zip codes, phone numbers, email addresses, race or ethnicity, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, medical record number, claims information, billing information, diagnoses/conditions, medications, treatment notes, dates of service, and health plan number. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE offered free credit monitoring to affected individuals, and implemented administrative, technical and security safeguards.