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 Dec. 3, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Walgreen Company, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record, Other
- Submission date
- Dec. 3, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13109, row:4248)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Walgreen Company, reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 3,700 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, email address, medications, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards.