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City of Philadelphia

Disclosed Oct 20, 20232 years ago6,107 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

The City of Philadelphia, the covered entity (CE), reported that multiple employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 6,107 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, clinical and financial information, and other identifiers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented an enhanced alert notification to improve email monitoring detection.

What is known

People affected6,107 (as reported to HHS)
DisclosedOct 20, 2023
AttackHacking
Data exposedNames, Health
SectorGovernment · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
HHS archivetotalOct 20, 20236,107
Vermont AGresidents of VTJul 8, 2024

Other breaches at City of Philadelphia

BreachAffected
Disclosed Jul 19, 2019Jul 19, 20197 years agoHacking234K
History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to hacking · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · data_types: [] to ["names","health"] · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · records_basis: empty to hhs · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · records: empty to 6107 · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2024-07-08 to 2023-10-20 · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · summary: empty to The City of Philadelphia, the covered entity (CE), reported that multiple employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 6,107 individuals. The PHI involved included names, · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

First seen 2026-09-25 (Vermont AG), confirmed by Vermont AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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