- State
- MD
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 183,079
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of breached information
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
Medstar Health, the covered entity (CE), reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 183,079 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, clinical and financial information, and other identifiers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided additional security awareness training to all staff members and implemented additional technical safeguards.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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