PhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 21, 2016

Filed

Jan 13, 2017

To disclose

23 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES →2 incidents on file

Children's Hospital Los Angeles notified patients of a data breach involving a stolen, unencrypted laptop belonging to a physician. The theft occurred on October 18, 2016, and was discovered on December 21, 2016. The laptop may have contained protected health information (PHI) for pediatric patients, including names, dates of birth, addresses, medical record numbers, and clinical information. The hospital enhanced encryption on physician laptops as a remediation measure.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 21, 2016 → Notified Jan 13, 201723d ✓ CA 60-day OK23 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 64 days

discovery → filing · 23 days

Oct 18, 2016

Begins

Dec 21, 2016

Discovered

Jan 13, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES
norm: children s hospital los angeles

Name: CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES
norm: children s hospital los angeles
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 21, 2016
Breach occurred: Oct 18, 2016
Undetected for: 64 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 13, 2017
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium

During the incident: Working with law enforcement
Enhancing the encryption levels of all laptops that physicians use in the provision of care for patients
Changes made: Enhancing the encryption levels of all laptops that physicians use in the provision of care for patients
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 23d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Dec 21, 2016
→ Notified: Jan 13, 2017
23d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 21, 2016 → Notified: Jan 13, 2017	23d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-65827
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 13, 2017
Raw hash: 2684cfae501d8ffd124967af5a63a40d2b5430643d26ac7e25700c2cd2a4d67d

Reporting entityCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES

Victim entityCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES

Incidentdiscovered Dec 21, 2016

Stated responseWorking with law enforcement

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov