Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.

140,781 individuals · submitted March 17, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack involving the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 140,781 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. The CE also provided complimentary identity and credit monitoring services to all affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE revised its HIPAA security procedures, and implemented additional technical safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
140,781
Submission date
March 17, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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