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 26, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Washington County Department of Human Services, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 26, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10041, row:1180)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Washington County Department of Human Services, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 13,583 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, medications, diagnoses, and additional treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. All staff were retrained.