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

University of California, San Francisco

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 9, 2013

Filed

Oct 3, 2013

To disclose

24 days

Affected

3,553

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for University of California, San Francisco →6 incidents on file

On September 9, 2013, an unencrypted personal laptop and paper documents containing PHI were stolen from a UCSF workforce member's locked car. The laptop held unencrypted ePHI for 3,541 individuals; paper records covered 31 patients (3,553 total). PHI exposed included names, addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, conditions, dates of service, lab results, and medications. UCSF notified HHS, affected individuals, and media. Post-breach, workforce was retrained on encryption and PHI-handling. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time24 days 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 · 24 days

Sep 9, 2013

Begins

Sep 9, 2013

Discovered

Oct 3, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_da2afc3bbb8930de2013-11-21 · +49dVerified
HHS OCRbd_fbd674aab328bdd32013-11-22 · +50dVerified

Name: University of California, San Francisco
norm: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Domain: berkeley.edu
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: University of California, San Francisco
norm: university of california san francisco
Domain: ucsf.edu
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Sep 9, 2013
Breach occurred: Sep 9, 2013
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,553nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: LaptopPaper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented.

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and media.
Workforce members retrained on encryption practices.
Workforce members retrained on use of email on personal devices.
Workforce members retrained on best practices for sharing PHI documents via email.
Changes made: Retrained workforce on encryption of devices containing ePHI.
Retrained workforce on proper handling of PHI documents.
OCR obtained assurances of corrective action implementation.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS 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: Sep 9, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 9, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 9, 2013 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 9, 2013 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings

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HHS OCROct 3 · first · this page

California State AG+49d

HHS OCR+50d

Pattern: first filing Oct 3 (CA), last Nov 22 (CA) — a 50-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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: Oct 3, 2013
Raw hash: 1143d15a4b8b48a14dce19b2effd720fe0136bf21f171a9f4543e5cca30cab02

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUniversity of California, San Francisco

Victim entityUniversity of California, San Francisco

Incidentdiscovered Sep 9, 2013

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and media.

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing