Caring Communities

Disclosed Jan 14, 20221,659 affectedConfirmed

The business associate (BA), Caring Communities, reported that its third-party cloud storage vendor was the victim of a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,659 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals and terminated its business relationship with the third-party cloud storage vendor.

What is known

People affected	1,659 (as reported to HHS)
Disclosed	Jan 14, 2022
Happened	Dec 7, 2020
Attack	Hacking
Data exposed	NamesHealth
Sector	Healthcare · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Official noticeoag.ca.gov

California Attorney General breach notice: Caring Communities

Official noticeocrportal.hhs.gov

HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Caring Communities (Business Associate, IL)

Notices filed

Residents of CAJan 14, 2022

California AGCount not stated

TotalJan 20, 2022

HHS archive1,659 people

History of this record

sector2026-09-25

other to healthby backfillSource

attack2026-09-25

unknown to hackingby backfillSource

data_types2026-09-25

[] to ["names","health"]by backfillSource

records_basis2026-09-25

empty to hhsby backfillSource

records2026-09-25

empty to 1659by backfillSource

summary2026-09-25

empty to The business associate (BA), Caring Communities, reported that its third-party cloud storage vendor was the victim of a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,659 individuals. The PHI involved includeby backfillSource

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (California AG), confirmed by California AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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