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 Aug. 29, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- NYSARC Columbia County Chapter d/b/a COARC, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Aug. 29, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11223, row:2362)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
NYSARC Columbia County Chapter dba COARC, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 5,701 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, law enforcement officials, and provided substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE deployed additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained.