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Breach notice filed by Northwestern Health Sciences University (May 2019)

Organization named: Northwestern Health Sciences University 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 Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of May 21, 2019.

Organization as reported
Northwestern Health Sciences University, MN
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
May 21, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13396, row:4535)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Northwestern Health Sciences University (NHSU), reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing attack. This breach affected 1,198 individuals and the protected health information (PHI) involved included names, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, passport information, diagnostic information, treatment information, medications prescribed, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft services to all affected individuals. In addition, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

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

Figures, per source

  • 1,198 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date May 21, 2019, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13396)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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