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 Nov. 2, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, MD
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 2, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11818, row:2957)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 824,450 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and treatment and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented new technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.