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NEW YORKPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Quraishi, Nisar A (Tribeca Medical Center)

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 21, 2014

Filed

Oct 22, 2014

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected

20,000

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for Quraishi, Nisar A (Tribeca Medical Center)

Tribeca Medical Center (filed under Quraishi, Nisar A) reported to HHS on 2014-10-22 a Theft affecting 20,000 individuals. On October 21, 2014, patients' medical records stored in the covered entity's storage shed were stolen. Breached information was on Paper/Films and included names, addresses, zip codes, telephone numbers, dates of birth, social security numbers, health plan information, diagnoses, and medical/clinical histories. No business associate was involved. OCR investigated and required the CE to cease storing PHI in the storage unit.

HIPAA clock HHS report on time≤1 day discovery → filing
occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 1 days

Oct 21, 2014

Begins

Oct 21, 2014

Discovered

Oct 22, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed20,000 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.