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 April 2, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- Western Montana Clinic, MT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 2, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14834, row:5973)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Western Montana Clinic, the covered entity (CE), reported that hackers gained access to its website, affecting the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 7,038 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE.