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The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
ArchivedSubmitted 11/17/2017
Updated 19 hours ago ()
- State
- WI
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 9,500
- 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
The Medical College of Wisconsin, the covered entity (CE), reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing attack. The email accounts contained the protected health information (PHI) of 9,500 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, medical record numbers, health insurance information, financial information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of the breach, the CE immediately implemented administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its data and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the aforementioned corrective actions.
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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