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 Nov. 29, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- West Anaheim Medical Center, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 29, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10312, row:1451)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
West Anaheim Medical Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,166 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, birthdates, and other treatment information. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and the CE and BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.