NEW YORKPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

The Mount Sinai Hospital

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 8, 2011

To disclose

—

Affected

712

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for The Mount Sinai Hospital →3 incidents on file

The Mount Sinai Hospital (NY) reported to HHS OCR on 2011-07-08 a Theft affecting 712 individuals. Two unencrypted laptop computers containing ePHI — including names, dates of birth, SSNs, diagnostic reports, and demographic information — were stolen from the CE's office. A police report was filed. Following OCR's investigation, the CE installed an exit alarm lock and surveillance camera, inventoried ePHI systems, and implemented policies covering workstation security, encryption, training, and media controls.

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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

Jul 8, 2011

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed712 affectedView incident

Name: The Mount Sinai Hospital
norm: the mount sinai hospital
Domain: mountsinai.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: The Mount Sinai Hospital
norm: the mount sinai hospital
Domain: mountsinai.org
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 712nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
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 investigation conducted; remediation measures adopted as a result of OCR's investigation

During the incident: Filed police report to recover stolen laptops
Improved physical security by installing exit alarm lock and surveillance camera
Implemented policy requiring managers to monitor inappropriate use of facility's rear exit
Inventoried ePHI systems
Adopted policies and procedures for workstation security, encryption, security awareness and training, electronic devices, and media controls
Changes made: Installed exit alarm lock and surveillance camera
Implemented workstation security, encryption, and media control policies
Conducted security awareness and training program
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → 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 8, 2011
Raw hash: 3cb4d0a1c1ea9a463b11ca3bcdad62b00a1ca891b15e80e448ab74a0f059ddff

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Reporting entityThe Mount Sinai Hospital

Victim entityThe Mount Sinai Hospital

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseFiled police report to recover stolen laptops

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing