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Breach notice filed by Defense Health Agency (March 2026)

Organization named: Defense Health Agency 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 March 12, 2026.

Organization as reported
Defense Health Agency, VA
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Electronic Medical Record, Network Server
Submission date
March 12, 2026
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 8969, row:108)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Defense Health Agency, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a breach of its network that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 96,271 individuals. The PHI involved included clinical, financial, and demographic information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE and BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.

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

Figures, per source

  • 96,271 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date March 12, 2026, 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 8969)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Defense Health Agency 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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