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 Sept. 14, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 14, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12671, row:3810)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, reported that its business associate experienced a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 149,126 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, email addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice.