CALIFORNIAHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

CITY OF HOPE

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 18, 2016

Filed

Mar 4, 2016

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1,024

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for CITY OF HOPE →4 incidents on file

City of Hope reported to HHS on 2016-03-04 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1024 individuals. Breached information located on Email. The breach involved a phishing email containing an embedded link that granted unauthorized access to employee email accounts, exposing patient PHI including names, MRNs, DOBs, addresses, clinical data, and one SSN.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 46 days

Jan 18, 2016

Begins

Jan 18, 2016

Discovered

Mar 4, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,024 affectedView incident

Name: CITY OF HOPE
norm: city of hope
Domain: cityofhope.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: CITY OF HOPE
norm: city of hope
Domain: cityofhope.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jan 18, 2016
Breach occurred: Jan 18, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,024nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Blocked access to a form in the embedded link contained in the phishing email
Blocked the sender of the phishing email from sending additional emails
Updated its spam filter
Removed the email from the inboxes of users who received it
Sent an email to all staff to advise them of the issue
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and also posted substitute notice
Changes made: Updating its anti-phishing defenses
Upgraded its firewall
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(46 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jan 18, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jan 18, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 18, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 18, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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 4, 2016
Raw hash: a9a49f1a01b216b9d3982c8a9b0fd0bbe3ef9437d9209cc59a370179f8bd7e72

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Reporting entityCITY OF HOPE

Victim entityCITY OF HOPE

Incidentdiscovered Jan 18, 2016

Stated responseBlocked access to a form in the embedded link contained in the phishing email

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing