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 Nov. 22, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Lubbock County Hospital District, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 22, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9584, row:723)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Lubbock County Hospital District dba UMC Health System, reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,461,776 individuals. The ePHI involved included clinical and demographic information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.