WASHINGTONPhysicalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Spokane VA Medical Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 20, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

3,275

Confidence

97%

Spokane VA Medical Center (SVAMC) reported to HHS OCR on 2017-09-20 a Loss affecting 3,275 individuals. A laptop was found missing during the facility's annual inventory. Breached information located on a Laptop included names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, and clinical information. Following the breach, SVAMC conducted an investigation, applied a cable lock to the replacement laptop, and improved security safeguards per OCR's direction.

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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

Sep 20, 2017

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.Confirmed3,275 affectedView incident

Name: Spokane VA Medical Center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Spokane VA Medical Center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,275nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Regulator citations: OCR investigation resulted in covered entity improving its security safeguards

During the incident: Conducted internal investigation following discovery of missing laptop
Placed a cable lock on the replacement laptop
Improved security safeguards following OCR investigation
Changes made: Cable lock applied to replacement laptop
Security safeguard improvements per OCR direction
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: Sep 20, 2017
Raw hash: 3c28d913c56fac758f68524afb9c8a9ebbc4d2adfec7bbeb344482581cf6cf7d

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Reporting entitySpokane VA Medical Center

Victim entitySpokane VA Medical Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseConducted internal investigation following discovery of missing laptop

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing