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 8, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Northeast Georgia Health System, GA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 8, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9364, row:503)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Northeast Georgia Health System, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cybersecurity incident that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 24,849 individuals. The PHI involved included names and addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.