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Breach notice filed by VA Black Hills Health Care System (August 2015)

Organization named: VA Black Hills Health Care System 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 Aug. 4, 2015.

Organization as reported
VA Black Hills Health Care System, SD
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
Aug. 4, 2015
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14738, row:5877)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Veterans Affairs, reported that between May 15 and 17, 2015, paper records containing protected health information (PHI) were left in an outside trash dumpster on its Hot Springs campus. The breach affected 1,168 individuals and involved names, partial and full social security numbers, addresses, and dates of birth. Following the breach, the CE destroyed the records. Although the CE complied with its breach notification requirements, as a result of OCR’s substantial technical assistance, it initiated a revision of its breach notification procedure. The CE also offered credit monitoring to the 980 veterans whose full social security numbers were potentially breached.

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

Figures, per source

  • 1,168 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Aug. 4, 2015, 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 14738)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • VA Black Hills Health Care System Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

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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