Bay Cove Human Services has provided notice of a data breach that may have affected personal and/or protected health information. Bay Cove has sent notice of this incident to potentially affected individuals and provided resources to assist them.

On December 30, 2024, Bay Cove learned of unusual activity in its network. In response, it immediately took measures to terminate the activity and secure its systems. In addition, Bay Cove engaged cybersecurity experts to investigate. The investigation determined that data may have been accessed or downloaded without authorization from certain Bay Cove systems but could not identify the specific data involved. As a result, Bay Cove is providing notice to all individuals whose information could have been involved. Notice of this event was mailed directly to potentially affected individuals with an available mailing address on March 3, 2025.

Based on Bay Cove's review of the potentially affected data, the following information for current and former persons served may have been affected as a result of the incident: Name, date of birth, Social Security number, diagnosis or treatment information, and/or other health-related information. Please note that Bay Cove has no reason to believe this affected our electronic medical records system.