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Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department
ArchivedSubmitted 07/19/2021
Updated 20 hours ago ()
- State
- NE
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 12,968
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Desktop Computer
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department, the business associate (BA), reported that a workforce member inadvertently uploaded a spreadsheet containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 12,968 individuals to its public website. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of births, and treatment information. The BA removed the spreadsheet from its public website. The BA notified the CE of the breach, and on the CE’s behalf, the BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website.
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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