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 Feb. 11, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Hope Healthcare Service, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Feb. 11, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12355, row:3494)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Hope Healthcare Service, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,152 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS. The CE and the BA notified affected individuals and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Privacy Rule.