- State
- CA
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 720
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), Dr. Hoyman Hong, reported that an employee sent an email that contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 720 individuals without using the blind carbon copy feature. The ePHI involved included names and email addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE retrained its workforce members and strengthened its administrative safeguards to better protect its ePHI.
Change history
- 9/23/2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, Breach Portal. Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.