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 Nov. 19, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Sentara Healthcare, VA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 19, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11778, row:2917)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Sentara Healthcare, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 72,121 individuals. The PHI involved included addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and other identifiers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals and the media. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the Breach Notification Rule.