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 Nov. 5, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Three Rivers Regional Commission, GA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 5, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11805, row:2944)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Three Rivers Regional Commission, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that encrypted its server files and compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 17,560 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, diagnoses and treatment information, lab results, medications, and health insurance information. The BA notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.