Fairbanks Hospital

Disclosed Jan 27, 201612,994 affectedConfirmed

The covered entity (CE), Fairbanks Hospital, reported that the protected health information (PHI) of 12,994 individuals was viewable by employees not authorized to do so. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, diagnoses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards to better protect its data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

What is known

People affected	12,994 (as reported to HHS)
Disclosed	Jan 27, 2016
Happened	Jun 1, 2015
Attack	Insider
Data exposed	NamesHealth
Sector	Healthcare · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Official noticein.gov

Indiana Attorney General 2016 data breach report: Fairbanks Hospital

Official noticeocrportal.hhs.gov

HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Fairbanks Hospital (Healthcare Provider, IN)

Notices filed

Residents of INJan 27, 2016

Indiana AG749 people

TotalDec 16, 2016

HHS archive12,994 people

History of this record

attack2026-09-25

unknown to insiderby backfillSource

data_types2026-09-25

[] to ["names","health"]by backfillSource

records_basis2026-09-25

organization to hhsby backfillSource

records2026-09-25

805 to 12994by backfillSource

summary2026-09-25

empty to The covered entity (CE), Fairbanks Hospital, reported that the protected health information (PHI) of 12,994 individuals was viewable by employees not authorized to do so. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Seby backfillSource

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby backfillSource

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

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