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. 30, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Planned Parenthood Los Angeles, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 30, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11752, row:2891)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Planned Parenthood Los Angeles, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 409,759 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications prescribed, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards.