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VIRGINIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)MediumResolved

Chesapeake Regional Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 6, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

2,100

Confidence

97%

Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (VA) reported to HHS on 2018-04-06 a Theft affecting 2,100 individuals. Two external computer hard drives were stolen from its Sleep Center. Breached PHI included names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, and clinical information (2,111 individuals per description). OCR reviewed CE policies; the CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media. Corrective actions included additional physical safeguards and a new assessment of all external storage devices.

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

Apr 6, 2018

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.Confirmed2,100 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.