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

Michael Benjamin, M.D., Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 28, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

1,300

Confidence

50%

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Michael Benjamin, M.D., Inc. reported to HHS on December 28, 2015, a theft affecting 1300 individuals. An intruder broke into the office and stole patient charts from file cabinets. The breached information included demographic data, vital signs, insurance information, and copies of insurance cards or driver's licenses. In response, the entity enhanced physical security and updated its HIPAA policies.

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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

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Breach window unknown

Dec 28, 2015

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,300 affectedView incident

Name: Michael Benjamin, M.D., Inc.
norm: michael benjamin md
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Michael Benjamin, M.D., Inc.
norm: michael benjamin md
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,300nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

Changes made: Implemented more robust HIPAA policies and procedures
Reinforced the physical security of its office
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

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://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Dec 28, 2015
Raw hash: 0c735ead9a9355afd77a7811b16041560f6f0fafae8eb3b6974bd7c6680d7c8e

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Reporting entityMichael Benjamin, M.D., Inc.

Victim entityMichael Benjamin, M.D., Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented more robust HIPAA policies and procedures

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing