First Street Family Health Center

First Street Family Health Center is a healthcare organization located in the United States that focuses on delivering medical services to families and individuals within its community. The facility maintains electronic medical record systems to support clinical workflows, administrative functions, and the storage of patient health information. As a family health center, it provides care that spans preventive visits, chronic condition management, and general medical consultations for patients of various age groups. Its operations involve the collection, retention, and protection of personal data such as demographics, clinical histories, treatment details, and insurance information. The organization functions as a local provider of primary care, aiming to offer accessible and continuous health services to the population it serves.

On July 5, 2022, First Street Family Health Center experienced a destructive cyberattack that involved unauthorized access to its information systems. The attackers exfiltrated and subsequently deleted patient records, affecting electronic medical records and backups that contained more than a year of data. The incident resulted in the permanent loss of information including Social Security numbers, medical diagnoses, treatment specifics, and insurance details for thousands of individuals. Although there was no confirmed evidence that the destroyed records were stolen, medical referral forms stored on the compromised systems were potentially accessed but later restored from intact backups. The breach prompted the organization to notify 7,310 affected individuals and to offer them credit monitoring services as a precautionary measure. In response to the attack, First Street Family Health Center engaged cybersecurity experts to conduct a thorough investigation and to implement enhanced security controls designed to prevent similar incidents in the future.