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Breach notice filed by Wayne County Hospital (July 2021)

Organization named: Wayne County Hospital 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 July 1, 2021.

Organization as reported
Wayne County Hospital, IA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
July 1, 2021
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12039, row:3178)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Wayne County Hospital, reported that several employees were subjected to an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,016 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE offered complimentary credit monitoring services and sanctioned the employees who fell victim to the phishing attack. The CE also strengthen its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI. Staff were retrained on email security.

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

Figures, per source

  • 2,016 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date July 1, 2021, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 12039)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Wayne County Hospital 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, 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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