- State
- TN
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 9,624
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Theft
- Location of breached information
- Laptop
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
Fred’s Stores of Tennessee, the covered entity (CE), reported that an unencrypted laptop had been stolen from the vehicle of an employee exposing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 9,624 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, telephone numbers, and medications prescribed. During the course of our investigation, the CE filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations.
Change history
- 9/23/2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.