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County of Kings, State of California
ArchivedSubmitted 01/21/2022
Updated 16 hours ago ()
- State
- CA
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 16,590
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of breached information
- Network Server
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), County of Kings, State of California, reported that a misconfiguration on its public web server resulted in the protected health information (PHI) of 16,590 individuals appearing on the Internet. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, and COVID-19 information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its workforce members to better protect its PHI.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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