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Breach notice filed by Charleston Fire Department (April 2025)

Organization named: Charleston Fire Department 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 April 22, 2025.

Organization as reported
Charleston Fire Department, WV
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
April 22, 2025
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9332, row:471)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Charleston Fire Department, reported that an employee was the target of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,583 individuals. The PHI involved demographic, clinical, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional safeguards, including multi-factor authentication, revised its policies procedures, and updated its HIPAA Security Rule Risk Analysis.

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

Figures, per source

  • 2,583 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date April 22, 2025, 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.

  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 9332)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Charleston Fire Department 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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