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 Feb. 9, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Piedmont Health Services, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Feb. 9, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12357, row:3496)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Piedmont Health Services, reported that its business associate experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 674 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth and death, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and billing information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and increased the frequency of its security training and risk management processes.