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 March 8, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- UC San Diego Health Hillcrest- Hillcrest Medical Center, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 8, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10082, row:1221)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), UC San Diego Health Hillcrest-Hillcrest Medical Center, reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,642 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, email addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, health insurance information, treatment cost information, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.