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Breach notice filed by Washington University School of Medicine (November 2019)

Organization named: Washington University School of Medicine 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 Nov. 1, 2019.

Organization as reported
Washington University School of Medicine, MO
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Nov. 1, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13146, row:4285)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Washington University School of Medicine, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee’s personal laptop was compromised and used to access the employee’s email account which contained the protected health information (PHI) of 3,237 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. Staff were retrained on the requirement to protect and secure PHI.

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

Figures, per source

  • 3,237 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Nov. 1, 2019, 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 13146)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Archived evidence

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    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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