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 Nov. 20, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Planned Parenthood of Metro Washington, DC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 20, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12496, row:3635)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Planned Parenthood of Metro Washington, reported that it was the subject of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 142,982 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, diagnoses, medications prescribed, lab results, health insurance information, Social Security and driver’s license numbers, financial information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.