California Health & Wellness
Disclosed Mar 25, 20215 years ago80,242 affectedConfirmed
The covered entity (CE), California Health & Wellness, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 80,242 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, diagnoses/conditions, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Following the breach, the CE offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals and terminated its business relationship with the BA.
What is known
| People affected | 80,242 (as reported to HHS) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Mar 25, 2021 |
| Happened | Jan 7, 2021 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Names, Health |
| Sector | Healthcare · US |
| Status | Confirmed |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| California Attorney General breach notice: California Health & Wellnessoag.ca.gov · Official notice | Official notice |
| HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): California Health & Wellness (Health Plan, CA)ocrportal.hhs.gov · Official notice | Official notice |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| California AGresidents of CA | Mar 25, 2021 | |
| HHS archivetotal | Mar 25, 2021 | 80,242 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to hacking · 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 80242 · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: empty to The covered entity (CE), California Health & Wellness, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 80,242 individuals. The ePHI involved included 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.