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 Aug. 11, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- United Bankshares, Inc., DC
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Aug. 11, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10524, row:1663)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), United Bankshares, reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 8,801 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, telephone numbers, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, claims and financial information, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA installed manufacturer-provided software patches and implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data.