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Breach notice filed by Georgia Department of Human Services (October 2020)

Organization named: Georgia Department of Human Services 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 Oct. 9, 2020.

Organization as reported
Georgia Department of Human Services, GA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Clearing House
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Oct. 9, 2020
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12595, row:3734)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Georgia Department of Human Services, reported that several employees of its business associate (BA) were victims of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 45,732 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, email addresses, phone numbers, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications prescribed, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the BA retrained its employees on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications and implemented additional technical safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance pertaining to the HIPAA Privacy and Breach Notification Rules.

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

Figures, per source

  • 45,732 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Oct. 9, 2020, 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 12595)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Archived evidence

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    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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