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Breach notice filed by Fort Defiance Indian Hospital (December 2018)

Organization named: Fort Defiance Indian Hospital 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 Dec. 17, 2018.

Organization as reported
Fort Defiance Indian Hospital, AZ
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Desktop Computer
Submission date
Dec. 17, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13599, row:4738)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The Fort Defiance Indian Hospital Board (FDIHB), the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a hacking incident involving its computer network. This breach affected 6,240 individuals and the types of protected health information (PHI) involved included diagnoses, conditions, lab results, and medications prescribed. FDIHB notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE also provided complimentary credit reporting services. Finally, FDIHB implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI and retrained its staff. OCR provided technical assistance regarding risk analysis and risk management provisions of the HIPAA Security Rule. OCR obtained assurances that FDIHB implemented the aforementioned corrective actions.

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

Figures, per source

  • 1,000 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Dec. 17, 2018, 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 13599)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Fort Defiance Indian Hospital 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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