K and B Surgical Center

K and B Surgical Center, also known as California Surgical Center, operates as a surgical center that provides surgical services to patients. The organization handles patient protected health information, including medical diagnoses, treatment details, insurance data, and laboratory results, as part of its clinical operations. Its services are delivered within the United States, with its headquarters located in the country. The center’s name indicates a focus on surgical care.

In March 2021, the center experienced a network intrusion that compromised servers containing protected health information for 14,772 individuals. The breach exposed names, contact details, driver’s license numbers, medical diagnoses, treatment details, insurance information, Medicare/Medicaid identifiers, and lab results. Following forensic confirmation of the intrusion, the center implemented enhanced security measures including system-wide password resets, upgraded antivirus software, VPN and email security improvements, and staff retraining. Affected patients were notified several months post-discovery and offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for one year. Though no misuse of data had been reported at the time of notification, the incident highlighted the organization’s responsibility to safeguard sensitive patient information. These events underscore the organization’s role as a healthcare entity subject to HIPAA regulations.