DisclosureLens
WASHINGTONPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

Gene S. J. Liaw, MD. PS

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 17, 2011

To disclose

—

Affected

1,105

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for Gene S. J. Liaw, MD. PS →

Gene S. J. Liaw, MD. PS (WA) reported to HHS on 2011-06-17 a Theft affecting 1,105 individuals. An unencrypted USB drive containing ePHI — including names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, diagnosis codes, insurance information, and SSNs — was misplaced and could not be found. The entity notified affected individuals and HHS. OCR's investigation ultimately found the entity is not a covered entity under HIPAA's Privacy and Security Rules. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device.

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

Jun 17, 2011

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.Confirmed1,105 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.