- State
- CA
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 735
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Theft
- Location of breached information
- Other, Paper/Films
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
The San Francisco VA Healthcare System, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) left a bag containing protected health information (PHI) and an unencrypted thumb drive in a public area. The bag was stolen. This breach affected the PHI of 941 individuals. The PHI involved included names, phone numbers, addresses, medical diagnoses, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach incident, the BA retrained its staff on the proper methods of securing protected health information.
Change history
- 9/23/2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.