Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist (June 2023)

Organization named: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist 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 OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of June 16, 2023.

Organization as reported: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, NC
Entity type as reported: Healthcare Provider
Category as reported: Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported: Email
Submission date: June 16, 2023
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10654, row:1793)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, reported that an employee was the target of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 3,679 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute breach notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE immediately disabled the affected email account, implemented additional technical safeguards, and retrained staff on email security precautions.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

3,679 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date June 16, 2023, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

2023-06-16Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 10654)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

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text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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