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 Oct. 24, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Hendry County Hospital Authority d/b/a Hendry Regional Medical Center, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 24, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11107, row:2246)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Hendry County Hospital Authority dba Hendry Regional Medical Center, reported that it was the subject of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 49,514 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, lab results, medications, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.