CALIFORNIAMisuseHealthcareHealthcareTheftPrivilege AbuseData MishandlingCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedData PublishedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIHighResolved

Advanced ENT Head & Neck Surgery

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 1, 2017

Filed

May 31, 2017

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

15,000

Confidence

96%

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A workforce member of Advanced ENT Head & Neck Surgery (CA) surreptitiously photographed patients, recorded conversations, copied legal ID and payment records, stole multiple mobile devices containing ePHI, and posted breached information to a social media account. The breach, discovered ~May 1, 2017, affected ~15,000 individuals. PHI involved clinical, demographic, and financial information across desktop computers, EMRs, email, laptops, portable devices, and paper/films. The CE terminated the employee, notified HHS and other enforcement agencies, and implemented encryption, password, and physical security improvements. OCR closed its investigation after the DOJ accepted the case.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time4 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

May 1, 2017

Discovered

May 31, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed15,000 affectedView incident

Name: Advanced ENT Head & Neck Surgery
norm: advanced ent head neck surgery
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Advanced ENT Head & Neck Surgery
norm: advanced ent head neck surgery
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 1, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 15,000nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Desktop computerElectronic medical recordEmailLaptopOtherPortable electronic devicePaper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical MediumT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notification submittedCase referred to / accepted by Department of JusticeOCR investigation closed — DOJ accepted
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Adopted encryption technologies
Improved password requirements
Updated Security Rule Risk Management Plan
Implemented new technical safeguards
Improved physical security
Revised HIPAA policies and procedures
Sanctioned and terminated the involved workforce member
Changes made: Terminated employment of involved workforce member
Encryption deployed on mobile/electronic devices
Updated HIPAA Security Rule Risk Management Plan
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: May 1, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: May 1, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 1, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: May 1, 2017 → 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: May 31, 2017
Raw hash: 6e30327c3a65044c1c2139439eaec9fe274fbf9ba15afd5924326b11328f32c5

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Reporting entityAdvanced ENT Head & Neck Surgery

Victim entityAdvanced ENT Head & Neck Surgery

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2017

Stated responseAdopted encryption technologies

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing