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 Feb. 21, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Feb. 21, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12988, row:4127)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, reported that it had a vulnerability on its network server that allowed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,360 individuals to be accessible via the Internet. The CE was notified of the vulnerability by a security researcher. The ePHI involved included names and financial and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Complimentary credit monitoring services were also provided. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI.