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 March 12, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc., SC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 12, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12301, row:3440)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Sandhills Medical Foundation, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 39,602 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses and conditions, financial information, and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. The CE also provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals. In response to the breach, the BA strengthened its technical safeguards to better protect ePHI.