Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Sutter Health

845,441 individuals · submitted November 3, 2023

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Sutter Health, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a malware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 845,441 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and the CE and BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Sutter Health
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
845,441
Submission date
November 3, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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