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Northwood

Disclosed Jul 12, 20197 years ago86,050 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

Northwood, Inc., a business associate (BA) of Blue Care Network and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 18,684 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, and treatment information. Northwood notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and the FBI. In its mitigation efforts, Northwood implemented additional administrative technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. OCR obtained assurances that Northwood implemented the corrective action noted.

What is known

People affected86,050 (as reported by the organization)
DisclosedJul 12, 2019
DiscoveredMay 6, 2019
HappenedMay 3, 2019
AttackPhishing
Data exposedNames, Health
SectorHealthcare · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Source
California Attorney General breach notice: Northwoodoag.ca.gov · Official notice
Washington Attorney General breach notice: Northwoodatg.wa.gov · Official notice
Oregon DOJ breach notice: Northwoodjustice.oregon.gov · Official notice
Indiana Attorney General 2019 data breach report: Northwoodin.gov · Official notice
HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Northwood (Business Associate, MI)ocrportal.hhs.gov · Official notice

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
Indiana AGresidents of INJul 12, 2019995
HHS archivetotalJul 12, 20195,000
California AGresidents of CAJul 15, 2019
Washington AGresidents of WAJul 15, 20191,185
Oregon DOJresidents of ORJul 15, 201986,050
HHS archivetotalJul 15, 20195,563
HHS archivetotalJul 16, 2019583

Other breaches at Northwood

BreachAffected
Disclosed undefined 7, 2015undefined 7, 201511 years ago86K
History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · data_types: [] to ["names","health"] · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · summary: empty to Northwood, Inc., a business associate (BA) of Blue Care Network and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of approximate · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · records_basis: empty to organization · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · records: empty to 86050 · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2019-07-15 to 2019-07-12 · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · sector: other to health · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to phishing · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · discovered: empty to 2019-05-06 · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

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

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