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 March 14, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Klickitat Valley Health, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 14, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9400, row:539)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Klickitat Valley Health, reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 26,339 individuals. The PHI involved clinical, demographic, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals, implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.