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Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections
ArchivedSubmitted 10/31/2022
Updated 23 hours ago ()
- State
- LA
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 85,466
- Business associate present
- Yes
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Network Server
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, reported that its business associate (BA) inadvertently made the protected health information (PHI) of 85,466 individuals viewable over the Internet. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and the CE and BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.
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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