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 Aug. 5, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Surgical Dermatology Group, AL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Aug. 5, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14102, row:5241)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Surgical Dermatology Group, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 13,308 patients. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers, clinical information, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE terminated its business associate relationship with the BA and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.