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Breach notice filed by Washington University School of Medicine (March 2017)

Organization named: Washington University School of Medicine 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 March 25, 2017.

Organization as reported
Washington University School of Medicine, MO
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
March 25, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14232, row:5371)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Washington University School of Medicine, reported that numerous employees were victims of an email phishing attack. This breach affected 80,270 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to further protect its PHI and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

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

Figures, per source

  • 80,270 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date March 25, 2017, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14232)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

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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