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 Jan. 8, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Sharp Health Plan, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Jan. 8, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10216, row:1355)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Sharp Health Plan, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 9,255 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, claims and financial information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA implemented new administrative and technical safeguards.