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 Oct. 14, 2016.
- Organization as reported
- Peabody Retirement Community, IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Email, Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 14, 2016
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14393, row:5532)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Peabody Retirement Community, reported that it was the subject of multiple ransomware attacks that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,466 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. Complimentary credit monitoring services were also provided. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.