Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

California Cancer Associates for Research and Excellence – San Diego

638 individuals · submitted June 27, 2025

About this report

The covered entity (CE), California Cancer Associates for Research and Excellence – San Diego reported that multiple employees of its business associate (BA) were the subjects of an email phishing incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 638 individuals. The PHI involved included clinical, demographic, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals and the BA and CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
California Cancer Associates for Research and Excellence – San Diego
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
638
Submission date
June 27, 2025
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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