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 Sept. 9, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Millinocket Regional Hospital, ME
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 9, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9711, row:850)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity, Millinocket Regional Hospital (CE), reported that it experienced a hacking attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 813 individuals. The PHI involved included names, social security numbers, addresses, birthdates, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.