Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington (June 2022)

Organization named: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

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 3, 2022.

Organization as reported: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington, WA
Entity type as reported: Healthcare Provider
Category as reported: Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported: Email
Submission date: June 3, 2022
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11408, row:2547)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 69,589 individuals. The PHI involved included names, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained workforce members on email security.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

69,589 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date June 3, 2022, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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2022-06-03Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 11408)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

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text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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