American Sleep Medicine
Disclosed Apr 16, 201511 years ago1,787 affectedConfirmed
The covered entity (CE), American Sleep Medicine of San Diego, California reported a breach of 1,787 individuals’ electronic protected health information (ePHI), as a result of a stolen backup computer hard drive. The hard drive contained names, birthdates, medical histories, physicians' names, and study results. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE improved physical safeguards, conducted a new security analysis, revised policies and procedures, and trained its workforce. As a result of OCR’s investigation OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Security Rule.
What is known
| People affected | 1,787 (as reported to HHS) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Apr 16, 2015 |
| Attack | Lost or stolen device |
| Data exposed | Names, Health |
| Sector | Healthcare · US |
| Status | Confirmed |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| California Attorney General breach notice: American Sleep Medicineoag.ca.gov · Official notice | Official notice |
| HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): American Sleep Medicine (Healthcare Provider, CA)ocrportal.hhs.gov · Official notice | Official notice |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| California AGresidents of CA | Apr 16, 2015 | |
| HHS archivetotal | Apr 16, 2015 | 1,787 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to lost-device · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: [] to ["names","health"] · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · records_basis: empty to hhs · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · records: empty to 1787 · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: empty to The covered entity (CE), American Sleep Medicine of San Diego, California reported a breach of 1,787 individuals’ electronic protected health information (ePHI), as a result of a stolen backup computer hard drive. The hard drive contained n · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (California AG), confirmed by California AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.