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 Nov. 9, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Jekyll Island-State Park Authority - Jekyll Island Fire/EMS, GA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer, Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 9, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12517, row:3656)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Jekyll Island Authority, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 7,046 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, and Social Security numbers. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website.