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PhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowActive

Kaiser Permanente Health Plan, Inc of Northern California

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 10, 2016

Filed

Jul 12, 2016

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Kaiser Permanente Health Plan, Inc of Northern California →3 incidents on file

Kaiser Permanente Northern California reported the theft of ultrasound machines by two employees between 2010 and 2016. The stolen devices contained protected health information (PHI), including medical record numbers and patient names. The theft was motivated by profit from selling the equipment, not data misuse. No financial data or SSNs were involved. An investigation is ongoing.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2196 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Jun 6, 2010

Begins

Jun 10, 2016

Discovered

Jul 12, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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