A business associate (BA), Computer Programs and Systems, Inc., adjusted the covered entity's (CE) firewall in a style that potentially exposed the protected health information (PHI) of 26,115 individuals on the internet. The types of PHI included patients' names, addresses, dates of birth, treatment information, and social surety numbers (for 21,072 individuals). The CE sent timely hack notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The ce also posted notification about the nag on its website. In response to the hack, the ce implemented additional firewall precaution procedures, began monitoring traffic to and from its website, and began conducting external vulnerability scans. OCR obtained assurances that the ce implemented the corrective actions listed above. Location of hacked information: network Server Business link present: no