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Breach notice filed by Adams County (December 2018)

Organization named: Adams County Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

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 Dec. 11, 2018.

Organization as reported
Adams County, WI
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Network Server, Other
Submission date
Dec. 11, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13605, row:4744)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Adams County Health and Human Services Department (Adams County), a hybrid health care entity, reported that two employees impermissibly accessed protected health information (PHI). This breach affected 258,120 individuals. The CE notified affected individuals, the media, and HHS. Adams County also sanctioned the employees, locked down the affected programs, and its IT service provider reset all access credentials across its network. OCR provided the CE with technical guidance regarding its obligations under the HIPAA Security Rule and Breach Notification Rule.

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

Figures, per source

  • 258,120 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Dec. 11, 2018, 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 13605)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Adams County 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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