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Summa Health

Disclosed Jun 28, 20197 years ago7,989 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

Summa Health, the covered entity (CE), reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 8,488 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, email addresses, diagnoses/conditions, medications prescribed, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

What is known

People affected7,989 (as reported to HHS)
DisclosedJun 28, 2019
DiscoveredMay 1, 2019
HappenedMar 11, 2019
AttackHacking
Data exposedNames, Health
SectorHealthcare · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Source
Oregon DOJ breach notice: Summa Healthjustice.oregon.gov · Official notice
Indiana Attorney General 2019 data breach report: Summa Healthin.gov · Official notice
HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Summa Health (Healthcare Provider, OH)ocrportal.hhs.gov · Official notice

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
Oregon DOJresidents of ORJun 28, 20197,989
Oregon DOJresidents of ORJun 28, 20193,058
Indiana AGresidents of INJun 28, 20191
HHS archivetotalJun 28, 20197,989

Other breaches at Summa Health

BreachAffected
Disclosed Jan 10, 2025Jan 10, 20251 year agoInsider874
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 7989 · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · summary: empty to Summa Health, the covered entity (CE), reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 8,488 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · source: empty to https://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/consumer-protection-division/id-theft-prevention/files/DecDataBreach.pdf · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

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

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