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. 13, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- University Hopsital, NJ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 13, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12505, row:3644)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
University Hospital, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a cybersecurity incident that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 39,207 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, passport numbers, health insurance information, and other treatment information. University Hospital notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards.