Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Business Associate · Archived

Valley Mountain Regional Center

17,197 individuals · submitted November 9, 2021

About this report

Valley Mountain Regional Center, a business associate (BA), reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 17,197 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and addresses. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the BA strengthened its technical safeguards to better protect PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the BA.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Valley Mountain Regional Center
State
CA
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
17,197
Submission date
November 9, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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