Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Adventist Health Simi Valley

54,708 individuals · submitted December 6, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Adventist Health Simi Valley, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 54,708 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional technical safeguards, revised its policies and procedures, and retrained its employees on email security. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Adventist Health Simi Valley
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
54,708
Submission date
December 6, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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