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 June 30, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Francisco J. Pabalan MD, INC, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 30, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12043, row:3182)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Francisco J. Pabalan, M.D., reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 50,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.