HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of July 3, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Patented Acquisition Corporation, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 3, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9818, row:957)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Patented Acquisition Corporation, reported that it experienced a cyberattack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 12,787 individuals. The PHI involved names, addresses, and other identifiers. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the BA provided security awareness training to its workforce, conducted a risk analysis, and enhanced its access controls to better protect PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the BA regarding the HIPAA Rules.