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Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany
ArchivedSubmitted 10/27/2017
Updated 18 hours ago ()
- State
- NY
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 4,624
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of breached information
- Network Server
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,624 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, health insurance information, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Following the breach, the BA implemented additional technical and security safeguards and retrained its staff to better protect ePHI.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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