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Breach notice filed by Loyola University Medical Center (December 2021)

Organization named: Loyola University Medical Center 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 Dec. 30, 2021.

Organization as reported
Loyola University Medical Center, IL
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Dec. 30, 2021
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11701, row:2840)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Loyola University Medical Center, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 16,934 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security precautions.

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

Figures, per source

  • 16,934 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Dec. 30, 2021, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 11701)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Loyola University Medical Center 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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