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 Sept. 12, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Peoples Injury Network Northwest, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 12, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13225, row:4364)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Peoples Injury Network Northwest, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 27,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, drivers’ license information, diagnoses, clinical information and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Affected individuals were provided with complimentary credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE.