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 Feb. 29, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Feb. 29, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10101, row:1240)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Kirkland & Ellis, reported that a software application it used exposed the protected health information (PHI) of 48,802 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, addresses, dates of birth, financial and claims information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI.