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 March 14, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Virginia Mason Medical Center, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 14, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11570, row:2709)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Virginia Mason Medical Center, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 2,733 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, dates of birth, lab results, medications prescribed, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.