PhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 16, 2013

Filed

Sep 27, 2013

To disclose

11 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center →

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center disclosed the theft of an unencrypted laptop from its Audiology Department over the weekend of September 14-15, 2013. The theft was discovered on September 16, 2013. The laptop contained protected health information (PHI) including patient names, medical record numbers, dates of birth, ages, genders, dates of service, and brainwave test results. The organization reported the theft to law enforcement and initiated an internal investigation. Corrective actions included policy reviews, staff training, and potential disciplinary measures.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 16, 2013 → Notified Sep 27, 201311d ✓ CA 60-day OK11 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 11 days

Sep 14, 2013

Begins

Sep 16, 2013

Discovered

Sep 27, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_ff26cb562b73f4132013-09-27Verified by operator

Name: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
norm: santa clara valley medical center

Name: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
norm: santa clara valley medical center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Sep 16, 2013
Breach occurred: Sep 14, 2013 – Sep 15, 2013
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 27, 2013
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Regulator citations: Reported to law enforcement

During the incident: Reported the theft to law enforcement
Performing a comprehensive investigation
Compliance & Privacy Officer will speak to the department heads to ensure proper policies and procedures are being followed
Provide a training for the department
Educate any employee who breached a patients protected health information
Changes made: Ensure proper policies and procedures are being followed
Provide training for the department
Educate employees on privacy standards
Subject employees violating privacy standards to disciplinary action
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 days(11 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 11d
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
California
Discovered: Sep 16, 2013
→ Notified: Sep 27, 2013
11d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 16, 2013 → Notified: Sep 27, 2013	11d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRSep 27 · first

California State AGSep 27 · first · this page

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-42788
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 27, 2013
Raw hash: 7b2979635c8172d0d95ae455f945cc03da907f3e590b82c1e7583531c5acc021

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySanta Clara Valley Medical Center

Victim entitySanta Clara Valley Medical Center

Incidentdiscovered Sep 16, 2013

Stated responseReported the theft to law enforcement

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov