RHODE ISLANDPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Women and Infant's Hospital

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Severity

High

Financial impact

$550K

Discovered

Sep 13, 2012

Filed

Nov 5, 2012

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

14,004

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Women and Infant's Hospital →3 incidents on file

Women and Infant's Hospital reported to HHS on 2012-11-05 a Loss affecting 14004 individuals. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device. Unencrypted backup tapes containing ultrasound studies, patient names, DOB, physician names, and SSNs were lost. The hospital settled with OCR for $400,000 and with the MA AGO for $150,000.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

Nov 5, 2012

Begins

Nov 5, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_fc759fe141756f602012-11-05Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5fbf33122f08a6672012-11-06 · +1dVerified

Name: Women and Infant's Hospital
norm: women and infant s hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Women and Infant's Hospital
norm: women and infant s hospital
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Sep 13, 2012
Breach occurred: Nov 5, 2012
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 14,004nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR)Entered into a consent judgment with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO)Settled potential violations of HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules with OCR

During the incident: Entered into a consent judgment with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO)
Reached a settlement of $150,000 with the AGO
Agreed to settle potential violations of HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules
Made a monetary payment of $400,000
Implemented a comprehensive corrective action plan
Changes made: Reviewed and updated business associate agreement with Care New England Health System (CNE)
Updated agreement to incorporate revisions required under the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule
Ensured CNE appropriately safeguards PHI
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 13, 2012
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 13, 2012
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 13, 2012 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 13, 2012 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGNov 5 · first

HHS OCRNov 5 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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: Nov 5, 2012
Raw hash: 11c31c4ffd145983dab2aaf042fb7def26737318c42b5d7f45f615eb5cccaca2

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWomen and Infant's Hospital

Victim entityWomen and Infant's Hospital

Incidentdiscovered Sep 13, 2012

Stated responseEntered into a consent judgment with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO)

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing