HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of May 26, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Lancaster Orthopedic Group, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 26, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10712, row:1851)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
An unauthorized third party infiltrated the Covered Entity’s network and encrypted some of its data. It affected 1784 individuals and their protected health information which included names, addresses/zip, dates of birth, social security numbers, diagnosis/conditions, medications, and other treatment information. The covered entity employed extended detection and response, updated all server operating systems to current versions and patched them according to current industry standards; reloaded and updated all workstations to the latest version of their current supported operating system; employed email scanning and protection; and deployed encrypted email.