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 Jan. 11, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Verity Medical Foundation, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Jan. 11, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14303, row:5442)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Verity Medical Foundation, the covered entity (CE), reported a breach that occurred when one of its websites, www.sanjosemed.com, was compromised and was being used to distribute malware to website visitors. The breach affected approximately 9,353 individuals who were patients of the San Jose Medical Group, which joined the CE in 2012. The types of protected health information (PHI) involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, and the last 4 digits of credit card numbers. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and also provided substitute notice. Upon discovery of the breach, the CE immediately disabled the website to prevent incidents such as this occurring in the future. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.