HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Oct. 11, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Central Valley Regional Center, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Oct. 11, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13189, row:4328)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Central Valley Regional Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack affecting the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 15,975 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, dates of death, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license information, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following OCR’s investigation, the CE implemented new technical safeguards and retrained its workforce members.