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 April 21, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Sapphire Community Health, MT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 21, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12204, row:3343)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Sapphire Community Health, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,751 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit and identity monitoring services. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding its HIPAA Security Rule obligations.