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 Sept. 29, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Valley Mountain Regional Center, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 29, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10431, row:1570)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Valley Mountain Regional Center, reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 126,679 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE updated its administrative and technical safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.