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 Dec. 23, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Sky Lakes Medical Center, OR
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Dec. 23, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12431, row:3570)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Sky Lakes Medical Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 5,514 individuals. The ePHI involved included diagnostic images. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Upon discovery of the breach, the CE adopted new technical safeguards, revised its policies and procedures, and retrained its employees. During the investigation, OCR provided the CE with technical assistance.