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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

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Kaiser Permanente Health Plan, Inc of Northern California →2 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

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings

View merged incident ↗
HHS OCRJul 12 · first
California State AGJul 12 · first · this page

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.