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 Feb. 16, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- McKenzie County Healthcare System, Inc., ND
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 16, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10126, row:1265)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
McKenzie County Health System, Inc., the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 8,345 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained.