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Breach notice filed by Children's Health Care (May 2024)

Organization named: Children's Health Care 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 May 10, 2024.

Organization as reported
Children's Health Care, MN
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
May 10, 2024
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9914, row:1053)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Children’s Health Care, dba Children’s Minnesota, reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 24,183 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.

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

Figures, per source

  • 24,183 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date May 10, 2024, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 9914)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Children's Health Care 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, 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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