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 Sept. 2, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Independent Living Systems, LLC, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 2, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11216, row:2355)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Independent Living Systems, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that impacted the protected health information (PHI) of 4,226,508 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, conditions, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach the BA strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained.