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 11, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Whitman County Public Hospital District No. 3, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 11, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9355, row:494)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Whitman County Public Hospital District No. 3, reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 63,453individuals. The PHI involved included clinical and demographic information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members to better protect its PHI.