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

David S. Ng, O.D.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 16, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

758

Confidence

50%
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On June 16, 2018, David S. Ng, O.D. reported to HHS a theft incident where an unauthorized individual broke into the office and stole a portable USB drive. The breach affected 758 individuals and compromised protected health information including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and medical records. In response, the entity provided notification to affected parties, offered identity theft protection, changed passwords, adopted encrypted storage for PHI, and retrained its workforce.

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

Jun 16, 2018

Begins

Jun 16, 2018

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed758 affectedView incident

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.