OHIOPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

OhioHealth

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 29, 2015

Filed

Jul 24, 2015

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1,006

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for OhioHealth →2 incidents on file

OhioHealth (OH) reported to HHS on 2015-07-24 a Loss affecting 1,006 individuals. On May 29, 2015, an unencrypted thumb drive went missing, exposing patients' names, medical record numbers, insurance company names, addresses, dates of birth, physicians' names, referral/treatment dates, procedure types, clinical information, and in some cases SSNs. The CE notified affected individuals and media, retrained and sanctioned the responsible employee, suspended thumb drive use in the affected department, encrypted mobile storage devices, and revised policies and annual compliance training.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

May 29, 2015

Discovered

Jul 24, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,006 affectedView incident

Name: OhioHealth
norm: ohiohealth
Domain: ohiohealth.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: OhioHealth
norm: ohiohealth
Domain: ohiohealth.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 29, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,006nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — breach notification submitted; OCR obtained documentation of corrective action implementation

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Investigated and confirmed loss of unencrypted thumb drive
Changes made: Sanctioned and retrained the employee who lost the thumb drive
Suspended use of thumb drives in the involved department
Retrained employees on mobile storage device security
Revised policies on mobile storage device security, usage, and disposition
Encrypted mobile storage devices
Revised and launched annual compliance education for employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: May 29, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: May 29, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 29, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: May 29, 2015 → 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: Jul 24, 2015
Raw hash: 6e078c8d951d8de4cb0d749aed2fc8e8ff8a7f445052a2e2ee659ff83c110a10

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Reporting entityOhioHealth

Victim entityOhioHealth

Incidentdiscovered May 29, 2015

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing