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 Nov. 1, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 1, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9626, row:765)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, reported that several employees were the targets of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 44,600 individuals. The PHI involved included demographic and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE changed password/strengthened password requirements, implemented new technical safeguards, and revised policies and procedures.