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 March 22, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Urology Austin, PLLC, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 22, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14235, row:5374)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
An unauthorized user obtained remote access to the servers of the covered entity (CE), Seguin Dermatology. The protected health information (PHI) potentially affected included the names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, and medical information of approximately 279,663 individuals. As a result of the breach, the CE improved safeguards, updated its policies and procedures, and trained its workforce members on better practices to protect PHI. Further, the CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.