- State
- TX
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 5,000
- 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), Walnut Place, experienced a ransomware attack on one of its computer servers containing electronic protected health information (ePHI). The types of ePHI on the server included the demographic, clinical, and health insurance information of approximately 6,500 individuals. Upon discovering the breach, the CE contained and stopped the attack by removing infected files from the server. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE improved administrative and technically safeguards and retrained staff on observing and reporting malicious software. OCR obtained assurance that the CE implemented corrective actions to enhance its security controls.
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
Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.