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 July 21, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 21, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10584, row:1723)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a hacking attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 11,687 individuals. The PHI involved included names and case numbers. The CE notified HHS, impacted individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.