CALIFORNIASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIPIIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)MediumResolved

UC San Diego Health

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 8, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

1,642

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for UC San Diego Health →6 incidents on file

UC San Diego Health Hillcrest-Hillcrest Medical Center reported that several employees were targeted by an email phishing scheme, compromising PHI of 1,642 individuals. Affected data included names, addresses, email addresses, DOBs, medical record numbers, health insurance information, treatment cost information, and clinical information. The entity notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, provided credit monitoring, and implemented additional safeguards.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Mar 8, 2024

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_7fd4f4ee6122cbae2024-03-08Verified by operator

Name: UC San Diego Health
norm: uc san diego health
Domain: health.ucsd.edu

Name: UC San Diego Health
norm: uc san diego health
Domain: health.ucsd.edu
Industry: Healthcare Provider
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,642nationwide
Data types: PHIPIIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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California State AGMar 8 · first

HHS OCRMar 8 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Mar 8, 2024
Raw hash: 5a635b7bddaead02a1c13af6ae725a8dd6bf9a705c35c79ad89f146fedbacfb2

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUC San Diego Health

Victim entityUC San Diego Health

IncidentPhishing

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing