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 Nov. 26, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- WyndRidge Health and Rehabilitation Center, TN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 26, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11762, row:2901)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Wyndridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that compromised the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,958 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, photographs, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical record numbers, and clinical and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its technical safeguards, revised its security policies and procedures, and retrained its workforce members on HIPAA cybersecurity.