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 16, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Intermountain Healthcare, UT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record, Network Server
- Submission date
- July 16, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12004, row:3143)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Intermountain Healthcare, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 28,628 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, medical images, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, dates of birth, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA strengthened its technical and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding its Breach Notification Rule obligations.