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Breach notice filed by Metro Infectious Disease Consultants (August 2021)

Organization named: Metro Infectious Disease Consultants 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 Aug. 16, 2021.

Organization as reported
Metro Infectious Disease Consultants, IL
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Aug. 16, 2021
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11951, row:3090)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Metro Infectious Disease Consultants, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 171,740 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, health insurance information, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. The CE also provided free credit monitoring services to affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.

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

Figures, per source

  • 171,740 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Aug. 16, 2021, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 11951)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

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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