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 Sept. 10, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Rehabilitation Support Services, Inc., NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 10, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11915, row:3054)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Rehabilitation Support Services, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 23,907 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial and health insurance information, medication information, diagnoses, and lab results. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI. Employees were also retrained.