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 May 1, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- University Urology, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 1, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10762, row:1901)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
University Urology reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cybersecurity incident that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 56,816 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, and health insurance information. Following the discovery of the incident, University Urology notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. University Urology mitigated the issue by strengthening its administrative and technical safeguards.