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 July 9, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Saint Peter's University Hospital, NJ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 9, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12021, row:3160)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Saint Peter’s University Hospital, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 585 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, medical diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The BA provided affected individuals with free credit monitoring and related services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE disabled the interface between its computer system and the BA’s computer system to better protect its ePHI.