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Breach notice filed by Refuah Health Center (April 2022)

Organization named: Refuah Health Center Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of April 29, 2022.

Organization as reported
Refuah Health Center, NY
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Network Server
Submission date
April 29, 2022
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11491, row:2630)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Refuah Health Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a malware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 260,740 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, financial information, lab results, medications, state identification numbers, diagnoses, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. To prevent a similar breach from happening in the future, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 260,740 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date April 29, 2022, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 11491)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Refuah Health Center Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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