Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Sutter Health East Bay Region (July 2013)

Organization named: Sutter Health East Bay Region Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of July 5, 2013.

Organization as reported: Sutter Health East Bay Region, CA
Entity type as reported: Healthcare Provider
Category as reported: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported: Email
Submission date: July 5, 2013
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15373, row:6512)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

The Alameda County Sheriff’s office found a list of protected health information (PHI) belonging to 4,491 individuals during an unrelated investigation and provided it to the covered entity (CE), Sutter Health East Bay Region. The list contained demographic information such as names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, and other identifiers. The CE determined that the PHI was stolen by a workforce member of its business associate (BA). The PHI belonged to patients of the following CE hosptials: Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Sutter Delta Medical Center, and Eden Medical Center. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, the media, and affected individuals, and provided the affected individuals one year of free credit monitoring. Following the breach, the CE conducted an internal forensics investigation, hired an external forensics firm, and fully implemented data loss prevention technology. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above. Additionally, the workforce member responsible for the breach is no longer employed by the BA.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

4,479 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date July 5, 2013, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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2013-07-05Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 15373)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Sutter Health East Bay Region 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, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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