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 Oct. 30, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Lewis Central Community School District, IA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 30, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12544, row:3683)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Lewis Central Community School District, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 905 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, health insurance information, dates of birth, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary identity and credit monitoring services to all affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional technical and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.