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Breach notice filed by Iowa Department of Human Services (October 2017)

Organization named: Iowa 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. 20, 2017.

Organization as reported
Iowa Department of Human Services, IA
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Oct. 20, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14026, row:5165)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Iowa Department of Human Services, reported that several employees were subject to an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 811 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and strengthened its technical safeguards and sanctioned the responsible employees. Staff were also retrained on email security.

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

Figures, per source

  • 811 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Oct. 20, 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 14026)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Iowa Department of Human Services 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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