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PhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

SynerMed Inc

bd_158945578c9a632d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 15, 2013

Filed

Jun 6, 2013

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for SynerMed Inc

SynerMed Inc reported the theft of an employee's laptop containing protected health information (PHI) of Inland Valleys IPA members. The incident occurred on April 14-15, 2013, when a thief broke into an employee's vehicle and stole the laptop. The device was password-protected, and network access was immediately disabled. Affected data included member names, membership numbers, addresses, CPT codes, diagnosis codes, and dates of birth. No social security numbers or financial information were involved.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days
discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 52 days

Apr 14, 2013

Begins

Apr 15, 2013

Discovered

Jun 6, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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