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 April 27, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Billings Clinic, MT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 27, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13836, row:4975)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Billings Clinic, the covered entity (CE), reported that a hacker gained entrance to its computer network via a phishing incident. During February 22-28, 2018, the hacker accessed email containing protected health information (PHI) on Billings’ network, affecting 949 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, the media, and affected individuals. While the breach was under investigation, CE reported a similar breach to OCR, and OCR has consolidated all issues from this breach into the investigation of the subsequent breach.