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Breach notice filed by Lakewood Health System (March 2020)

Organization named: Lakewood 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 OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of March 16, 2020.

Organization as reported
Lakewood Health System, MN
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
March 16, 2020
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12962, row:4101)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Lakewood Health System, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 1,415 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license information, diagnoses, medications prescribed, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. The CE also provided complimentary credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

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

Figures, per source

  • 1,415 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date March 16, 2020, 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 12962)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Lakewood 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, 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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