TEXASPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighResolved

Seton Healthcare Family

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 4, 2013

Filed

Oct 23, 2013

To disclose

19 days

Affected

5,500

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Seton Healthcare Family →2 incidents on file

Seton Healthcare Family (TX) reported to HHS OCR on 2013-10-23 a laptop theft affecting 5,500 patients. On October 4, 2013, an unencrypted laptop was stolen from a clinic containing ePHI including names, medical record numbers, account numbers, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, immunizations, and insurance information. OCR opened an investigation and obtained assurances that corrective actions—including full disk encryption, staff retraining, and workforce sanctions—were implemented.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time19 days discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 19 days

Oct 4, 2013

Begins

Oct 4, 2013

Discovered

Oct 23, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5,500 affectedView incident

Name: Seton Healthcare Family
norm: seton healthcare family
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Seton Healthcare Family
norm: seton healthcare family
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 4, 2013
Breach occurred: Oct 4, 2013
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,500nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation opened; OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media per Breach Notification Rule
Provided free credit monitoring services for one year
Implemented full disk encryption policy for all new computer deployments
Updated internal processes
Retrained staff on updated processes
Sanctioned and retrained the workforce member involved in the breach
Confirmed corrective actions applied to Dell IT technician involved with system upgrades
Changes made: Full disk encryption policy implemented prior to deployment of new computers
Internal process updates
Staff retraining
Workforce sanctions
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 days(19 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 4, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 4, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 4, 2013 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 4, 2013 → 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: Oct 23, 2013
Raw hash: c3c209f425dcdf6cb4a55beb6d0bb65421e2ee253195860bc560722370ed8ce8

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Reporting entitySeton Healthcare Family

Victim entitySeton Healthcare Family

Incidentdiscovered Oct 4, 2013

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media per Breach Notification Rule

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing