On August 15, 2014, the covered entity (CE), University Health, reported a breach when a professor from City College of San Francisco notified them by email of security issues. Protected health information (PHI) from the E.A. Conway Medical Center was contained on an unsecured server that was accessible online. The types of PHI involved in the breach included financial and medical information and affected 6,075 individuals. The CE immediately took the server off-line, which discontinued any unauthorized access. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the incident, the CE hired a third-party company to conduct and assess a thorough external penetration test. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.
