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 25, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Johns Hopkins Medicine, MD
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 25, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10578, row:1717)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
John Hopkins Medicine, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a malware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 310,405 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, diagnoses, Social Security numbers, and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.