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Breach notice filed by Iowa Veterans Home (April 2017)

Organization named: Iowa Veterans Home Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of April 21, 2017.

Organization as reported
Iowa Veterans Home, IA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
April 21, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14210, row:5349)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

On April 13, 2017, three Iowa Veterans Home employees mistakenly provided their credentials in response to a phishing email during the covered entity’s (CE) migration from Microsoft to Google for emails. The breach potentially affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,969 individuals, including full names, social security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, driver’s licenses, and clinical information. The CE provided timely breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE retrained staff and initiated testing two-factor email authentication with staff and customers. OCR obtained assurances from the CE that it has implemented the corrective actions listed above.

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

Figures, per source

  • 2,969 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date April 21, 2017, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14210)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Iowa Veterans Home 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, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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