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KANSASPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Apr 9, 2014

To disclose

Affected

979

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc.4 incidents on file

Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc. (KS) reported to HHS on 2014-04-09 a Loss affecting 979 individuals. A parcel sent by the CE was damaged and opened during mailing by USPS, exposing PHI including names, dates of birth, partial Social Security numbers, and lab test types of individuals residing in multiple states. Breached information located on Paper/Films. Multiple breach reports involving the same CE and fact pattern were consolidated into one HHS investigation.

HIPAA clock HHS notified
no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Apr 9, 2014

Filed

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
HHS OCRApr 9 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 9 (KS), last Apr 14 (MA) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.