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VERMONTPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHigh

Local 693 Plumbers & Pipefitters Health & Welfare Fund

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 13, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

1,291

Confidence

50%

On January 23, 2017, the Local 693 Plumbers & Pipefitters Health & Welfare Fund experienced a physical theft where an external computer hard drive was stolen from their office. The breach, reported to HHS on March 13, 2017, affected 1,291 individuals and exposed their names, addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers. In response, the entity implemented new security safeguards and provided a call center for those affected.

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

Jan 23, 2017

Begins

Mar 13, 2017

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,291 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.