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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, St. Margaret Hospital

Disclosed Mar 5, 202111,135 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

The covered entity (CE), UPMC St. Margaret, reported that an employee impermissibly emailed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 11,135 individuals to his personal email account and to another employee. The ePHI involved included names, and medication information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, the FBI, and posted substitute notice on its website. Following the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.

What is known

People affected11,135 (as reported to HHS)
DisclosedMar 5, 2021
AttackInsider
Data exposedNamesHealth
SectorHealthcare · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Notices filed

History of this record
Added2026-09-25
First recordedby backfillSource

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

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