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 Aug. 1, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Western Montana Clinic PC, MT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 1, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9208, row:347)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Western Montana Clinic reported that employees were the targets of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 8,255 individuals. The PHI involved included clinical and demographic information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI..