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 6, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Maffi Clinics, AZ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 6, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13511, row:4650)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
On March 6, 2019, Maffi Clinics (“Maffi”) submitted a breach notification report to OCR indicating that on September 11, 2018, it was the victim of a ransomware attack. Maffi promptly identified and terminated the unauthorized access point, isolated and removed the ransomware, and restored all of Maffi’s data. The incident affected 10,465 patients’ clinical and demographic information, although Maffi found no evidence that any of its data was viewed or downloaded. On February 14, 2019, Maffi provided written notification to the affected patients, including information on credit monitoring, and posted information regarding the incident on its website. OCR determined through its investigation that Maffi is not a HIPAA covered entity or business associate and closed the investigation as a result.