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 3, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Florida Hospital, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 3, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13830, row:4969)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Florida Hospital, reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 12,724 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, clinical information, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and offered complimentary credit monitoring services to all affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI.