DisclosureLens
ALASKAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Low

State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

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Severity

Low

Discovered

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Filed

Oct 30, 2009

To disclose

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Affected

501

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services →4 incidents on file

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) reported that a portable USB hard drive possibly containing electronic protected health information (ePHI) was stolen from an employee's vehicle, affecting 501 individuals. Following the breach report on October 30, 2009, an HHS investigation found DHSS had inadequate security policies, risk management, and training. This resulted in a $1,700,000 settlement and a corrective action plan.

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

Oct 30, 2009

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.Confirmed501 affectedView incident

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.