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 Aug. 13, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Fairfax Medical Facilities, Inc., OK
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 13, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11956, row:3095)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Fairfax Medical Facilities, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 4,970 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, financial and health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE retrained its employees on email security and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.