NEW YORKAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumResolved

Alexander Chun, MD, PLLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 12, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

595

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Alexander Chun, MD, PLLC →

Alexander Chun, MD, PLLC reported to HHS on 2020-05-12 an Improper Disposal breach affecting 595 individuals. Several boxes containing patient medical records were inadvertently left outside on a curb and later discovered by a television news station. PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and treatment information (Paper/Films). Dr. Chun notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, then strengthened administrative safeguards, improved physical security, and retrained staff.

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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

May 12, 2020

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.Confirmed595 affectedView incident

Name: Alexander Chun, MD, PLLC
norm: alexander chun md
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Alexander Chun, MD, PLLC
norm: alexander chun md
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 595nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and media
Strengthened administrative safeguards
Improved physical security
Retrained staff on protection and security of sensitive data
Changes made: Strengthened administrative safeguards
Improved physical security
Staff retrained on requirement to protect and secure sensitive data
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: May 12, 2020
Raw hash: cac8815d19f74d41b8256b05d1b7301d590e5ec106b9fe63996e979512b75dfd

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Reporting entityAlexander Chun, MD, PLLC

Victim entityAlexander Chun, MD, PLLC

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing