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City of Hope National Medical Center

Disclosed Nov 23, 20095,900 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

A laptop computer was stolen from a workforce member's car. The laptop computer contained the protected health information of approximately 5,900 individuals. Following the breach, the covered entity encrypted all protected health information stored on lap tops. Additionally, OCR's investigation resulted in the covered entity improving their physical safeguards and retraining employees. \

What is known

People affected5,900 (as reported to HHS)
DisclosedNov 23, 2009
AttackLost or stolen device
Data exposedNamesHealth
SectorHealthcare · US
StatusConfirmed

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History of this record
Added2026-09-25
First recordedby backfillSource

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

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