Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

County of Sacramento

5,525 individuals · submitted May 23, 2023

About this report

The covered entity (CE), the County of Sacramento, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 5,525 individuals. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained staff on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
County of Sacramento
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
5,525
Submission date
May 23, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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