DisclosureLens
WASHINGTONPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountPHIHighContained

Samaritan Center of Puget Sound

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 15, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

20,866

Confidence

98%
Full breach record for Samaritan Center of Puget Sound →

Samaritan Center of Puget Sound (WA) reported to HHS OCR on 2021-09-15 a Theft affecting 20,866 individuals. A desktop computer and network server containing PHI were stolen from the facility during a burglary. PHI exposed included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, financial information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Remediation included strengthened physical and additional technical safeguards.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified
⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Sep 15, 2021

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed20,866 affectedView 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.