Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by University of Alabama at Birmingham (October 2019)

Organization named: University of Alabama at Birmingham 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 Oct. 3, 2019.

Organization as reported: University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL
Entity type as reported: Healthcare Provider
Category as reported: Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported: Email
Submission date: Oct. 3, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13199, row:4338)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

The University of Alabama at Birmingham, the covered entity (CE), was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 19,557 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, diagnoses, Social Security numbers, medication prescribed, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee(s), implemented additional administrative and technical 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

19,557 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Oct. 3, 2019, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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2019-10-03Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13199)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

University of Alabama at Birmingham 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, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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