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. 27, 2016.
- Organization as reported
- Susan M Hughes Center, NJ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Dec. 27, 2016
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14316, row:5455)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The Susan M. Hughes Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 11,400 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, telephone numbers, financial information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff to better protect its sensitive data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.