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Breach notice filed by Walworth County, Wisconsin (January 2022)

Organization named: Walworth County, Wisconsin Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

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 Jan. 18, 2022.

Organization as reported
Walworth County, Wisconsin, WI
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Jan. 18, 2022
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11664, row:2803)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Walworth County, Wisconsin, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,212 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. Staff were retrained on email security. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Rules.

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

Figures, per source

  • 1,212 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Jan. 18, 2022, 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 11664)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Walworth County, Wisconsin 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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