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 March 5, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- The Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, for and on behalf of its School of Medicine, and SIU Physicians & Surgeons, Inc., IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 5, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12307, row:3446)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), The Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, for and on behalf of its School of Medicine, and SIU Physicians & Surgeons, reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 40,330 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.