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 April 9, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Harbor Health Services, Inc., MA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 9, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12231, row:3370)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Harbor Health Services, reported that its business associate (BA) was the subject of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 901 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE and BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect sensitive data.