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Breach notice filed by Hoyman Hong, M.D. (March 2021)

Organization named: Hoyman Hong, M.D. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

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 17, 2021.

Organization as reported
Hoyman Hong, M.D., CA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
March 17, 2021
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12295, row:3434)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Dr. Hoyman Hong, reported that an employee sent an email that contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 720 individuals without using the blind carbon copy feature. The ePHI involved included names and email addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE retrained its workforce members and strengthened its administrative safeguards to better protect its ePHI.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 720 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date March 17, 2021, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 12295)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Hoyman Hong, M.D. Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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