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 April 26, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Memorial Hospital Clinic South, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record, Network Server
- Submission date
- April 26, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14205, row:5344)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Memorial Hospital Clinic South reported a breach when computer malware (i.e.,ransomware) was found on its network server. This breach affected the protected health information (PHI) of 842 individuals, and included clinical and demographic information. The specific types of PHI involved in the breach included addresses, birthdates, driver's license numbers, names, social security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. This review has been consolidated with another review of this covered entity.