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Breach notice filed by Broome County, New York (May 2019)

Organization named: Broome County, New York 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 31, 2019.

Organization as reported
Broome County, New York, NY
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
May 31, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13381, row:4520)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Broome County, New York, reported that multiple employees were victims of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 7,048 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, financial information, dates of birth, medical record numbers, patient identification numbers, diagnoses and treatment information, and health insurance and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE also provided affected individuals with complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services. Following the breach, the CE strengthened its technical and security safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.

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

Figures, per source

  • 7,048 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date May 31, 2019, 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 13381)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Broome County, New York 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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