ILLINOISPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Freeport Memorial Hospital

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 26, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

1,349

Confidence

69%

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Freeport Memorial Hospital reported to HHS on 2016-02-26 a Theft affecting 1349 individuals. Breached information located on Other. The incident involved the theft of a computer hard drive containing patient diagnosis, medications, and treatment information. The device was recovered at a secure area. The hospital expanded its encryption program and offered credit monitoring.

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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

Feb 26, 2016

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,349 affectedView incident

Name: Freeport Memorial Hospital
norm: freeport memorial hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Freeport Memorial Hospital
norm: freeport memorial hospital
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,349nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained verification from the CE that a complete review of its encryption process, and its information security system policies was undertaken

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, the media, and the affected individuals
Offered free credit monitoring to the affected individuals
Filed a police report regarding the incident
Required users of the affected computer to change individual passwords
Reviewed its safeguards
Conducted an audit
Implemented an alert system for the records of the individuals affected by the breach
Implemented additional safeguards for those records
Expanded its encryption program to include all electronic devices
Changes made: Reviewed its safeguards
Conducted an audit
Implemented an alert system for the records of the individuals affected by the breach
Implemented additional safeguards for those records
Expanded its encryption program to include all electronic devices
Undertook a complete review of its encryption process
Undertook a complete review of its information security system policies
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: Feb 26, 2016
Raw hash: c547884b8d092b10251348ffef738b605631f3822a734699c1b593ef789422e3

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Reporting entityFreeport Memorial Hospital

Victim entityFreeport Memorial Hospital

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, the media, and the affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing