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 Jan. 9, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- HCF of Briarwood Inc. ("Briarwood Village"), OH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Jan. 9, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9509, row:648)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), HCF of Briarwood Inc. (Briarwood Village), reported that its management company, HCF Management, Inc., a business associate (BA), discovered suspicious activity on their computer network. The BA initiated an internal investigation, took steps to contain the incident, and engaged a third-party forensic security firm to further investigate. The BA determined that an unknown, unauthorized third party gained access to the BA’s computer systems, and accessed and acquired documents containing demographic and clinical protected health information (PHI) for 2,650 individuals. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.