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Breach notice filed by Henry Ford Health System (December 2017)

Organization named: Henry Ford Health System 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. 1, 2017.

Organization as reported
Henry Ford Health System, MI
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Dec. 1, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13988, row:5127)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Henry Ford Health System, reported that it was the victim of an email phishing scheme. This breach affected 43,563 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. To mitigate harm, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services. The CE also implemented administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the aforementioned corrective actions.

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

Figures, per source

  • 43,563 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Dec. 1, 2017, 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 13988)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Henry Ford Health System 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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