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Breach notice filed by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (May 2022)

Organization named: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 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 May 25, 2022.

Organization as reported
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, WA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
May 25, 2022
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11434, row:2573)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, , the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 89,111 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, tax identification numbers, Social Security numbers, passport numbers, claims and financial information, health insurance information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. During the investigation, OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.

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

Figures, per source

  • 89,111 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date May 25, 2022, 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 11434)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 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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