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 March 31, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Skin Cancer Specialists, P.C., GA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 31, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14228, row:5367)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Skin Cancer Specialists, reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,365 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, telephone numbers, and treatment and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards.