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Breach notice filed by University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (June 2017)

Organization named: University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

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 June 22, 2017.

Organization as reported
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, IA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Other
Submission date
June 22, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14155, row:5294)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

A student employee used an online open source programming tool, GitHub, to program a data transfer, but failed to label his programming as private. This exposed the protected health information of 5,292 individuals online for more than a year until the covered entity (CE) discovered it on April 29, 2017. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE updated its Security Rule Risk Management Plan, implemented periodic technical and nontechnical evaluations, and retrained its workforce members. OCR obtained documented assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.

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

Figures, per source

  • 5,292 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date June 22, 2017, 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 14155)
  • 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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