ILLINOISPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Midwest Urological Group

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 30, 2014

Filed

Jul 30, 2014

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

982

Confidence

98%

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Midwest Urological Group (IL) reported to HHS on 2014-07-30 a Theft affecting 982 individuals. On May 30, 2014, an unencrypted laptop computer was stolen from a company closet. The laptop contained PHI including names and medical test data. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, media, and police. Following the breach, the responsible employee was sanctioned and retrained, and new safeguard policies were implemented. OCR obtained written assurances of corrective action.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified9 weeks 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 · 9 weeks / 61 days

May 30, 2014

Begins

May 30, 2014

Discovered

Jul 30, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed982 affectedView incident

Name: Midwest Urological Group
norm: midwest urological
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Midwest Urological Group
norm: midwest urological
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 30, 2014
Breach occurred: May 30, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 982nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Laptop
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 written assurances of corrective action implementation

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and media
Notified police
Sanctioned and retrained the employee responsible for securing the computer
Implemented new policies and procedures to improve PHI safeguards
Changes made: Employee sanctioned and retrained
New policies and procedures implemented for PHI safeguarding
Written assurances provided to OCR regarding corrective actions
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS 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: May 30, 2014
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 30, 2014 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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: Jul 30, 2014
Raw hash: 0468a523053468fa9548e6bda174eacf33755dd08f90989e0b20894cda960ed9

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Reporting entityMidwest Urological Group

Victim entityMidwest Urological Group

Incidentdiscovered May 30, 2014

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing