Breaches and incidents
Bacon County Health Services (Alma, Georgia): patient files exfiltrated
Per HIPAA Journal, the nonprofit, which runs Bacon County Hospital and Twin Oaks Convalescent Center, found suspicious activity on 27 Jul 2026.
- Disclosed
- Verification
- Reported by a reputable outlet, citing the company
What happened
- Per HIPAA Journal, the nonprofit, which runs Bacon County Hospital and Twin Oaks Convalescent Center, found suspicious activity on 27 Jul 2026; an unauthorized party had network access from 10 to 27 Jul 2026 and “files containing patient information were exfiltrated”. HHS OCR was given a placeholder of at least 501 people.
- Root cause: not disclosed.
- No attacker named.
- Letters will follow the data review; no misuse identified when announced.