CALIFORNIAMisuseHealthcareGovernmentHealthcarePrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

VA Long Beach Healthcare System

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 12, 2018

Filed

Jun 22, 2018

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1,030

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for VA Long Beach Healthcare System →2 incidents on file

VA Long Beach Healthcare System (CA) reported to HHS on 2018-06-22 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,030 individuals. During a traffic stop on April 12, 2018, police discovered a CE workforce member had unlawfully taken medical folders containing PHI — names, addresses, dates of birth, SSNs, and clinical information — from patients. The employee was terminated. Breached information was on Paper/Films. OCR obtained assurances of corrective actions.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified10 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 71 days

Apr 12, 2018

Begins

Apr 12, 2018

Discovered

Jun 22, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,030 affectedView incident

Name: VA Long Beach Healthcare System
norm: va long beach healthcare system
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: VA Long Beach Healthcare System
norm: va long beach healthcare system
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Apr 12, 2018
Breach occurred: Apr 12, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,030nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and media
Trained workforce members
Sanctioned the responsible workforce member (termination of employment)
Changes made: Workforce training on PHI handling
Termination of the responsible employee
Implementation of corrective actions as assured to OCR
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(71 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 12, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 12, 2018 → 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: Jun 22, 2018
Raw hash: cd4d58ef697589303839a24c8e15bb5b660dfecd3cc9ff62d86e35ac2344f14a

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Reporting entityVA Long Beach Healthcare System

Victim entityVA Long Beach Healthcare System

Incidentdiscovered Apr 12, 2018

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing