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MARYLANDHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Supply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Baltimore City Health Department

bd_7a9ac1396730c2f9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 28, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

2,597

Confidence

96%
Full breach record for Baltimore City Health Department →

Baltimore City Health Department reported to HHS on 2026-01-28 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 2,597 individuals. A subcontractor of the covered entity's business associate experienced a cyberattack compromising PHI including financial information. Breached information located on a Network Server. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE and BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards in response.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified
⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Jan 28, 2026

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,597 affectedView incident

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.