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, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Orangeburg Eye Center, SC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 8, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11398, row:2537)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Orangeburg Eye Center, reported that its business associate (BA) suffered a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 9,000 individuals. The PHI involved included the names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE severed its business relationship with the BA.