Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Minnesota Department of Human Services (October 2018)

Organization named: Minnesota Department of Human Services 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 Oct. 9, 2018.

Organization as reported: Minnesota Department of Human Services, MN
Entity type as reported: Health Plan
Category as reported: Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported: Email
Submission date: Oct. 9, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13667, row:4806)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Minnesota Department of Human Services, reported that several employees were victims of a series of email phishing schemes. This breach affected 20,320 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, medications prescribed, and diagnoses/conditions. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following this breach, the CE implemented additional security, technical and administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI. The CE also retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

20,800 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Oct. 9, 2018, 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.

2018-10-09Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13667)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Minnesota Department of Human Services Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

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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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