Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System

The covered entity (CE), Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, reported that several workforce members were the victims of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,384 individuals. The ePHI involved included demographic and clinical information such as names, addresses, dates of birth, other identifiers, diagnoses/conditions, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In addition, the CE offered complimentary credit monitoring services to all affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the workforce members involved in the incident, retrained workforce members on identifying fraudulent email communications, and implemented additional technical safeguards.