People search Utah Department of Health data breach timeline because regulated data and trust are existential—one incident triggers class actions and regulator exams. BreachHistory indexes 2 Utah Department of Health-linked incidents, with headline counts up to 780K+ in catalog rows. This page maps every attested event through 2026 with internal links to canonical records.
Why Utah Department of Health breach history matters
Utah Department of Health operates in Healthcare (United States). Across indexed rows, recurring themes include cloud and database misconfiguration. Understanding the chronological pattern helps security teams, customers, and regulators separate confirmed disclosures from forum marketing.
Full timeline through 2026
2013 — — Utah Department of Health: An employee of Goold Health Systems lost an…
Cataloged incident. An employee of Goold Health Systems lost an unencrypted USB memory stick that contained the information of around 6,000 Medicaid recipients in Utah. Goold Health Systems is a contractor for the Utah Department of Health. Medicaid recipient names, Medicaid identification numbers, ages, and recent prescription drug use were on the memory stick. The memory stick was lost during travel between Salt Lake City, Denver, and Washington. The loss was confirmed on Tuesday, January 15. Exposed categories include Personal information. BreachHistory cites approximately 6K+ affected records in this row. See the utah-department-of-health2013 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
2012 — — Utah Department of Health: Eastern European hackers exploited misconfigured…
Cataloged incident. Mar 2012. Eastern European hackers exploited misconfigured server (Dept of Technology Services). 280k had SSNs exposed; 500k had names, DOB, addresses. Primarily Medicaid/CHIP enrollees and healthcare visitors. 24,000 files downloaded. Largest healthcare hack since HIPAA breach rules (2009). One year credit monitoring offered. Exposed categories include SSNs, names, DOB, addresses. BreachHistory cites approximately 780K+ affected records in this row. See the utah-department-of-health2012 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
Patterns and analysis
- Cloud and database misconfiguration — appears across multiple Utah Department of Health catalog entries; prioritize controls that address this class of failure.
- Record-count hygiene — BreachHistory indexes actor-cited figures separately from company-confirmed totals; read each row's technicalWriteup before treating counts as fact.
- 2026 monitoring — New disclosures roll into this timeline as they are verified or labeled unverified per catalog policy.
What to do if you may be affected
- Step 1: Enable phishing-resistant MFA on every account tied to this brand.
- Step 2: Use unique passwords and a password manager—breach rows often involve credential reuse.
- Step 3: Monitor official company breach notices and regulator filings, not dark-web downloads.
- Step 4: Watch for medical-ID theft and billing fraud after health-data incidents.
- Step 5: Bookmark the Utah Department of Health company page for new 2026+ disclosures.
Canonical BreachHistory hub
Explore every indexed row: breachhistory.com/utah-department-of-health · Latest: utah-department-of-health2013.
Sources: BreachHistory catalog (2 rows for Utah Department of Health), company and regulator disclosures cited in individual breach records.