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 10, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation, AK
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 10, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10798, row:1937)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 51,787 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, 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 retrained its workforce members and revised its policies and procedures and implemented additional technical safeguards.