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 14, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Gwenn S Robinson MD, NM
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer
- Submission date
- June 14, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13784, row:4923)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The office of Gwenn S. Robinson, MD, the covered entity (CE), reported that an unauthorized user accessed its computer system and demanded a ransom to recover patient data, which was encrypted by the user. The CE determined that the breach affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,500 individuals, specifically demographic and clinical information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of the breach, the CE took steps to improve its security posture and implemented additional technical safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE to assist its compliance efforts.