HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of March 13, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Beach District Surgery Center, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 13, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10864, row:2003)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Beach District Surgery Center, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 3,560 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS affected individuals, and the media.