HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Oct. 29, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Indianola Community School District, IA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 29, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12554, row:3693)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Indianola Community School District, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,141 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary identity and credit monitoring services to all affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.