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Breach notice filed by Defense Health Headquarters (October 2019)

Organization named: Defense Health Headquarters Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

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 Oct. 4, 2019.

Organization as reported
Defense Health Headquarters, VA
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Electronic Medical Record
Submission date
Oct. 4, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13197, row:4336)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Defense Health Headquarters, reported that a civilian Army employee accessed protected health information (PHI) in military electronic medical records systems and shared the information with other individuals for the purpose of identity theft. The breach affected approximately 3,500 individuals. The PHI disclosed included names, dates of birth, and social security numbers. Following the breach, the CE cooperated with the U.S. Department of Justice’s prosecution of the former employee. The CE provided free credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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

Figures, per source

  • 3,500 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Oct. 4, 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 13197)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Defense Health Headquarters 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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