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 Oct. 22, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Throckmorton County Memorial Hospital, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 22, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11841, row:2980)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Throckmorton County Memorial Hospital, reported that it experienced a hacking incident that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 3,028 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, claims information, medications prescribed, diagnoses, lab results, and other treatment information. 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. Staff were retrained on security awareness.