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 June 27, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Fairbanks Urology, AK
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- June 27, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9257, row:396)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Fairbanks Urology, the covered entity (CE) reported that employees of its business associate (BA) were the targets of an email phishing scheme that impacted the protected health information (PHI) of 4,289 individuals. The PHI involved demographic and treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media on behalf of the CE. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules. In its mitigation efforts, the CE and BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect sensitive data.