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 June 9, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Illinois Attorney General's Office, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 9, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12083, row:3222)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Illinois Attorney General’s Office, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 501 individuals. The BA notified HHS and the affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the BA strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards.