CALIFORNIASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Volunteers of America Southwest California

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 14, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

1,300

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Volunteers of America Southwest California →

Volunteers of America Southwest California reported to HHS on 2022-01-14 a Hacking/IT Incident (email phishing) affecting 1,300 individuals. An employee was the victim of a phishing scheme that exposed PHI including names and vaccination records. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, provided substitute notice, and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Breached information located on Email. No business associate was involved.

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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

Jan 14, 2022

Filed

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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_e2f6d535497a88682022-01-14Verified

Name: Volunteers of America Southwest California
norm: volunteers of america southwest california
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Volunteers of America Southwest California
norm: volunteers of america southwest california
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,300nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Provided substitute notice
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative safeguards
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Implemented additional security safeguards
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 AGJan 14 · first

HHS OCRJan 14 · 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: Jan 14, 2022
Raw hash: f4d64f82486abcfa83991cc169501f59ff54bd46b5b485e74c8f907d9f02787a

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVolunteers of America Southwest California

Victim entityVolunteers of America Southwest California

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing