Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

UC San Diego Health

495,949 individuals · submitted June 8, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), UC San Diego Health, reported that an employee was subjected to an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 495,949 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, lab results, medications, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
UC San Diego Health
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
495,949
Submission date
June 8, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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