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Breach notice filed by City of Homer (December 2023)

Organization named: City of Homer Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Loss

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 Dec. 7, 2023.

Organization as reported
City of Homer, AK
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Loss
Location of information as reported
Other Portable Electronic Device
Submission date
Dec. 7, 2023
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10292, row:1431)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), City of Homer, reported that a flash drive containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,412 individuals was misplaced. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medications, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and posted a substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI. Staff were retrained on the requirement to protect and secure PHI.

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

Figures, per source

  • 1,412 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Dec. 7, 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.

  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 10292)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • City of Homer 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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