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 July 16, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- McLaren Health Care Corporation, MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 16, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12006, row:3145)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), McLaren Health Care Corporation, reported that its business associate experienced a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 64,600 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, clinical information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the BA strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect ePHI.