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Breach notice filed by Meharry Medical College (December 2020)

Organization named: Meharry Medical College 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. 4, 2020.

Organization as reported
Meharry Medical College, TN
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Dec. 4, 2020
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12470, row:3609)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Meharry Medical College, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 20,976 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained its staff on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the Breach Notification Rule and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

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

Figures, per source

  • 20,963 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Dec. 4, 2020, 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 12470)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Meharry Medical College 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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