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Breach notice filed by Wisconsin Department of Health Services (January 2021)

Organization named: Wisconsin Department of Health Services 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 Jan. 15, 2021.

Organization as reported
Wisconsin Department of Health Services, WI
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Network Server
Submission date
Jan. 15, 2021
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12393, row:3532)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Wisconsin Department of Health Services, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a social engineering attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,281 individuals. The PHI involved included names and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and the CE and BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect 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

  • 1,281 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Jan. 15, 2021, 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 12393)
  • 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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