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Disclosed Jun 12, 20206 years ago9,182 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

The University of Florida, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack. This case is duplicative of an investigation being conducted into the BA that affected multiple CEs. Therefore, this case is closed and consolidated into an existing investigation.

What is known

People affected9,182 (as reported to HHS)
DisclosedJun 12, 2020
DiscoveredJul 16, 2020
HappenedFeb 7, 2020
AttackRansomware
Data exposedNames, Health
SectorEducation · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Source
Washington Attorney General breach notice: University of Floridaatg.wa.gov · Official notice
HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): University of Florida (Healthcare Provider, FL)ocrportal.hhs.gov · Official notice

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
HHS archivetotalJun 12, 20209,182
Washington AGresidents of WAAug 12, 20205,075

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Foreign hacker accesses UF Grove system data on 97,200 peopleFeb 19, 200917 years agoHackingUnverified97K
Intruder installs software on dental college server holding 330,000 recordsNov 12, 200817 years agoHackingUnverified330K
History of this record
  • 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 9182 · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2020-08-12 to 2020-06-12 · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · summary: empty to The University of Florida, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack. This case is duplicative of an investigation being conducted into the BA that affected multiple CEs. Therefore, t · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

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

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