Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Volunteers of America Southwest California

1,300 individuals · submitted January 14, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Volunteers of America Southwest California, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,300 individuals. The PHI involved included names and vaccination records. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Volunteers of America Southwest California
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,300
Submission date
January 14, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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