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 July 12, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Hunt Regional Medical Center, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 12, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13334, row:4473)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Hunt Regional Medical Center, reported that it was notified by the FBI that it was the victim of a cyber-attack involving the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 323,832 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, telephone numbers, Social Security numbers, and other demographic information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. After the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff.