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 Dec. 23, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Riverside Community Care, Inc., MA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Dec. 23, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12430, row:3569)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Riverside Community Care, Inc., reported that it suffered a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 6,978 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses/conditions, medication information, and lab results. In response to the breach, the CE added additional security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice.