CALIFORNIAHackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Verity Medical Foundation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 7, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

14,894

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Verity Medical Foundation →4 incidents on file

Verity Medical Foundation (CA healthcare provider) reported to HHS OCR on 2019-03-07 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 14,894 individuals. An unauthorized third party accessed a workforce member's email account. PHI exposed included demographic, clinical, health plan claims, and payment information. The entity notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, and subsequently implemented anti-phishing technical controls and workforce training. OCR documented voluntary corrective action.

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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 7, 2019

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed14,894 affectedView incident

Name: Verity Medical Foundation
norm: verity medical
Domain: sanjosemed.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Verity Medical Foundation
norm: verity medical
Domain: sanjosemed.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 14,894nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1566 Phishing
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — breach notification submitted; OCR obtained evidence of safeguards and documented voluntary corrective action
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Added technical measures to protect against phishing and malicious email
Trained workforce members to identify phishing attempts
Changes made: Strengthened safeguards with technical anti-phishing measures
Workforce phishing awareness training
Voluntary corrective action steps documented by OCR
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.

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 7, 2019
Raw hash: fffeb882a2cba8f3065902b89b75d406d51890279473ff8eb6647fe1c75a5eab

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Reporting entityVerity Medical Foundation

Victim entityVerity Medical Foundation

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing