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 July 2, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 2, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12033, row:3172)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), University of Maryland, Baltimore, reported that its vendor experienced a cyber-attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 37,263 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, claims information, diagnoses and conditions, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA strengthened its technical safeguards to better protect PHI.