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. 6, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Shore Specialty Consultants Pulmonology Group, NJ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 6, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13234, row:4373)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Shore Specialty Consultants Pulmonology Group, reported that it was the subject of a cyber-attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 9,700 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses, and lab results. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.