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, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- NYC Health + Hospitals, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 30, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12042, row:3181)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), NYC Health + Hospitals, reported that its business associate was the victim of a ransomware attack that compromised the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 43,727 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website.