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 30, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Mount Desert Island Hospital, Inc., ME
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 30, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10626, row:1765)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Mount Desert Island Hospital, reported that it was the subject of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 29,952 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, claims and financial information, diagnoses/conditions, and medications. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.