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 March 17, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 17, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12961, row:4100)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack involving the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 140,781 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. The CE also provided complimentary identity and credit monitoring services to all affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE revised its HIPAA security procedures, and implemented additional technical safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.