25% off all training courses Offer ends May 29, 2026
View HIPAA Courses
25% off all training courses
View HIPAA Courses
Offer ends May 29, 2026

The HIPAA Journal is the leading provider of HIPAA training, news, regulatory updates, and independent compliance advice.

HIPAA Breach News

Our HIPAA breach news section covers HIPAA breaches such as unauthorized disclosures of protected health information (PHI), improper disposal of PHI, unauthorized PHI access by cybercriminals and rogue healthcare employees, and other security and privacy breaches.

The HIPAA breach news section is particularly relevant to healthcare information security professionals, privacy officers, and other individuals who have some responsibility for HIPAA compliance.

The most recent healthcare data breach reports are listed below and HIPAA enforcement news is provided. If you want to find out if a specific covered entity has experienced a data breach, please use the search function in the top right hand corner of this webpage.

Hematology Oncology Consultants; Southcoast Health; Cunningham Prosthetic Care Announce Data Breaches

Data breaches have recently been announced by Hematology Oncology Consultants in Michigan, Cunningham Prosthetic Care in Maine, and Southcoast Health...

Data Breaches Announced by Four Healthcare Providers

Data breaches have recently been announced by Western Orthopaedics in Colorado, Community Health Systems in California, Tri-Cities Gastroenterology in Tennessee,...

Starr Insurance Discloses Ransomware Attack

The health insurance company Starr Insurance has disclosed a ransomware attack and data breach. Data breaches have also been reported...

RXNT Notifies Customers About Cybersecurity Incident and Data Breach

RXNT data breach

Networking Technology, Inc., doing business as RXNT, a healthcare software technology company that provides electronic health record software, has started...

CMS Found to Have Leaked Providers’ SSNs

CMS provider directory data breach

A database created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been exposed online, exposing providers’ Social Security...

Ransomware Attack on Good Samaritan Health Center Affects 10,000 Individuals

Data breaches have recently been announced by Good Samaritan Health Center, Wonderland Child & Family Services, and L.A. Care Health...

News Categories

Notices

Sandhills Medical Foundation Ransomware Attack Affects 169,000 Patients

Sandhills Medical Foundation data breach

Sandhills Medical Foundation in South Carolina and Laurel Eye Clinic in Pennsylvania have experienced security incidents that exposed patient data....

Vendor Data Breaches Announced by Six HIPAA-Regulated Entities

business associate data breaches April 2026

There have been several announcements about data breaches at business associates of HIPAA-regulated entities recently, including Providence St. Joseph Orange...

Medical Device Maker Medtronic Announces Data Breach

medtronic data breach

The medical device manufacturing giant Medtronic has confirmed that hackers breached its network and exfiltrated data. The company announced the...

Cyberattacks Announced by Florida Physician Specialists & Mile Bluff Medical Center

Florida Physician Specialists has started notifying patients affected by a November 2025 hacking incident. Mile Bluff Medical Center in Wisconsin...

HIPAA Violation Cases: Types & Consequences

HIPAA violation cases are compliance investigations that result from a data breach being reported to the Department of Health and...

OCR Fines Four Regulated Entities for HIPAA Violations That Led to Ransomware Attacks

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced four financial penalties to...

July 2025 Healthcare Data Breach Report

U.S. healthcare data breaches are down 34.1% month-over-month, and 44.5% fewer individuals had their healthcare data exposed. HIPAA-regulated entities reported...

x

Is Your Organization HIPAA Compliant?

Find Out With Our Free HIPAA Compliance Checklist

Get Free Checklist