Vickers Engineering, Inc.

The covered entity (CE), Vickers Engineering, reported that it was the subject of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 857 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, medical record and patient ID numbers, diagnoses/conditions, medications, claims information, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained.