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Medtronic

Disclosed Jul 10, 201313 years ago2,764 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

The covered entity (CE), Medtronic, misplaced a box of paper records containing the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 2,764 individuals. The box contained patient pump training records, including a checklist of training received, patients' names, device serial numbers, phone numbers, and, in some cases, email addresses. Some of the records may also have included social security numbers, medical necessity forms, physician orders, and copies of documents from one patient's medical record. The CE provided breach notification to affected individuals and HHS. Following the breach, the CE improved safeguards by redesigning its records tracking procedures and installing software with additional box tracking capabilities. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective action listed above. \ \ \

What is known

People affected2,764 (as reported to HHS)
DisclosedJul 10, 2013
AttackLost or stolen device
Data exposedNames, Health
SectorHealthcare · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Source
HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Medtronic (Healthcare Provider, MN)ocrportal.hhs.gov · Official notice

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
HHS archivetotalJul 10, 20132,764

Other breaches at Medtronic

BreachAffected
Medtronic confirms breach after ShinyHunters claims 9 million recordsApr 275 months agoExtortion3.8M
Disclosed Nov 21, 2018Nov 21, 20187 years agoUnknown
History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

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

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