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Breach notice filed by Washington University School of Medicine (March 2020)

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 OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of March 31, 2020.

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 31, 2020
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12935, row:4074)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Washington University School of Medicine, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 14,795 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab result s and medications. 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. All staff were retrained on email security. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.

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

Figures, per source

  • 14,795 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date March 31, 2020, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 12935)
  • Approved by a reviewer

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Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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