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 June 8, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Minnesota Community Care, MN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 8, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12087, row:3226)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Minnesota Community Care, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 64,855 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, financial information, diagnoses, lab results, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.