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. 14, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Portsmouth Community Health Center, VA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Feb. 14, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13533, row:4672)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Portsmouth Community Health Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack involving the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 12,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, drivers’ license information, Social Security numbers, financial information, clinical information, lab results, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.