Howard Memorial Hospital

Disclosed Jan 27, 202353,668 affectedConfirmed

The covered entity (CE), Howard Memorial Hospital, reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 53,688 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data.

What is known

People affected	53,668 (as reported to HHS)
Disclosed	Jan 27, 2023
Attack	Hacking
Data exposed	NamesHealth
Sector	Healthcare · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Official noticeago.vermont.gov

Vermont Attorney General: 2023-01-27 Howard Memorial Hospital Data Breach Notice to Consumers

Official noticeocrportal.hhs.gov

HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Howard Memorial Hospital (Healthcare Provider, AR)

Notices filed

Residents of VTJan 27, 2023

Vermont AGCount not stated

TotalJan 27, 2023

HHS archive53,668 people

History of this record

attack2026-09-25

unknown to hackingby backfillSource

data_types2026-09-25

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

records_basis2026-09-25

empty to hhsby backfillSource

records2026-09-25

empty to 53668by backfillSource

summary2026-09-25

empty to The covered entity (CE), Howard Memorial Hospital, reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 53,688 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresby backfillSource

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby backfillSource

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

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