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 April 5, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Trinity Health, MI
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 5, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12242, row:3381)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Trinity Health, reported that it was the victim of a hacking attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 586,869 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional physical, administrative, and technical safeguards. OCR provided the BA with technical assistance regarding its HIPAA Security Rule obligations.