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Breach notice filed by Adams County Memorial Hospital (May 2026)

Organization named: Adams County Memorial Hospital Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of May 11, 2026.

Organization as reported
Adams County Memorial Hospital, IN
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
May 11, 2026
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 8928, row:67)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Adams County Memorial Hospital, reported that a phishing cyber-attack resulted in its email environment containing protected health information (PHI) being accessed by an unauthorized threat actor. According to the breach report, the breach affected approximately 5,305 individuals. The PHI involved clinical, demographic and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the media, and the affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE retrained its workforce and implemented new technical safeguards to prevent a reoccurrence. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Rules.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 5,305 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date May 11, 2026, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 8928)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Adams County Memorial Hospital Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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