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Breach notice filed by Institute for Women's Health (August 2017)

Organization named: Institute for Women's Health 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 Aug. 18, 2017.

Organization as reported
Institute for Women's Health, TX
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Network Server
Submission date
Aug. 18, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14089, row:5228)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Institute for Women’s Health, the covered entity (CE), reported that a keylogger virus on its computer network captured information keyed into the CE’s system for more than a month. The protected health information (PHI) of 15,761 individuals was involved in the breach. The types of PHI included demographic, financial, and clinical information. The CE notified the affected individuals and the media. During the investigation, OCR provided technical assistance concerning a risk analysis which the CE subsequently provided. Based on further technical assistance from OCR, the CE updated and implemented technical and procedural changes to prevent a similar event from occurring in the future and retrained its staff.

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

Figures, per source

  • 15,761 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Aug. 18, 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 14089)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Institute for Women's Health 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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