PhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Cedars-Sinai Health Systems

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 23, 2014

Filed

Sep 10, 2014

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Cedars-Sinai Health Systems →2 incidents on file

Cedars-Sinai Health System reported the theft of an employee's laptop on June 23, 2014. The device contained temporary files with potentially sensitive patient health information, including Social Security numbers, names, demographic data, medical records, and billing information. The investigation confirmed that patient data was stored on the hard drive at the time of the theft. Cedars-Sinai notified law enforcement, retained forensic experts, and offered one year of identity protection services to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Jun 23, 2014 → Notified Sep 4, 201473d ✗ CA 60-day late11 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

Jun 23, 2014

Begins

Jun 23, 2014

Discovered

Sep 10, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_aa09f90ad53bf1bc2014-09-10Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6e8d93bf0141703a2014-09-11 · +1dVerified

Name: Cedars-Sinai Health Systems
norm: cedars sinai health

Name: Cedars-Sinai Health Systems
norm: cedars sinai health
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jun 23, 2014
Breach occurred: Jun 23, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 4, 2014
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the theft to law enforcement

During the incident: Reported the theft to both law enforcement and Cedars-Sinai the same day
Launched a comprehensive investigation upon learning of the theft
Retained independent experts in computer forensics to assist in this investigation
Terminated remote access to our computer network from the stolen device
Conducted a review of our internal policies and procedures related to the storage and transmission of protected health information
Enforced our employees' adherence to these policies and procedures
Changes made: Providing access to a complimentary one-year membership of Experian's ProtectMyID Elite product
Established a confidential assistance line staffed with professionals familiar with this incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(79 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 73d
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: Jun 23, 2014
→ Notified: Sep 4, 2014
73d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jun 23, 2014 → Notified: Sep 4, 2014	73d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRSep 10 · first

California State AGSep 10 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/sb24-46547
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 10, 2014
Raw hash: ed58cf20dc5b23698bc6089aa06148926ece8c7d59d4b9492fd6c846c12c846a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCedars-Sinai Health Systems

Victim entityCedars-Sinai Health Systems

Incidentdiscovered Jun 23, 2014

Stated responseReported the theft to both law enforcement and Cedars-Sinai the same day

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov