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. 14, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Medical College of Wisconsin, WI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 14, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10351, row:1490)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Medical College of Wisconsin, reported that its third-party vendor experienced a cybersecurity incident that allowed unauthorized access to its server and compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 240,667 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, claims information, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided credit monitoring services and terminated its business relationship with the vendor.