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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.

May 2026 Data Breach Round Up: Data Breaches Affect 9 HIPAA-regulated Entities

A round-up of data breaches recently announced by 9 HIPAA-regulated entities: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Singing River Health System,...

Radiology Associates of Richmond Data Breach Affects 266K Individuals

Radiology Associates of Richmond in Virginia, one of the oldest, continuously operating private radiology practices in the United States, has...

California & Washington Healthcare Providers Announce Data Breaches

Data breaches have been announced by Family Health Centers of San Diego, Totem Lake Family Dentistry, and Glendora Surgery Center....

Data Breaches Announced by Lumexa Imaging; FMRS Health Systems

OpenLoop Health data breach

The diagnostic imaging service provider Lumexa Imaging has been affected by a security incident at one of its vendors. FMRS...

Up to 1.8 Million Individuals Affected by NYC Health + Hospitals Data Breach

The HIPAA Journal reported on a data breach affecting patients of NYC Health + Hospitals Corporation in late March (see...

Erie Family Health Centers Data Breach Affects 570,000 Individuals

Erie Family Health Centers, a Chicago, IL-based network of health centers providing primary medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare services to individuals regardless...

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Data Breaches Announced by Elara Caring; Excelas; Pulpdent Corp.

Elara Caring has confirmed that thousands of its patients were affected by the cyberattack on vendor Doctor Alliance. Data breaches...

Congress Members’ Prescription Information Compromised in RXNT Data Breach

RXNT data breach

Further information has come to light about the RXNT data breach, reported by the HIPAA Journal on May 6, 2026....

Ransomware Groups Claim Responsibility for Attacks on 3 Healthcare Providers

Ransomware groups have claimed responsibility for attacks on Advanced Family Surgery Center in Tennessee, Orem Eye Clinic in Utah, and...

Verber Dental Group Notifies Patients About January Hacking Incident

Data breaches have recently been announced by Verber Dental Group in Pennsylvania, Northwoods Surgery Center in Minnesota, Cunningham Prosthetic Care...

Atrium Health & Interim HealthCare Affected by Business Associate Data Breaches

Atrium Health Navicent and Interim HealthCare of Lubbock/Amarillo have recently announced that they have been affected by data breaches at...

Mt. Spokane Pediatrics Data Breach Affects 32,000 Patients

A cyberattack on Mt. Spokane Pediatrics exposed the data of more than 32,000 patients. Data breaches have also been announced...

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...

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