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 July 19, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- University of Michigan/Michigan Medicine, MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- July 19, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9798, row:937)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
University of Michigan-Michigan Medicine, the covered entity (CE), reported that one of its employees was the target of an email phishing scheme affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 56,953 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, conditions, and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE took several corrective actions in response to the breach including implementing additional technical safeguards and providing HIPAA training to its work force members.