COLORADOPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Janna Benkelman LPC LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 1, 2013

Filed

Sep 3, 2013

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1,500

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Janna Benkelman LPC LLC →

Janna Benkelman LPC LLC (Dr. Benkelman), a Colorado mental health provider, reported to HHS on 2013-09-03 a laptop theft affecting approximately 1,500 patients. On August 1, 2013, an unencrypted office laptop was stolen from her unlocked office. Breached ePHI included demographic and mental health information (diagnoses/conditions). The CE notified police, HHS, the media, and affected individuals, offered credit monitoring, and subsequently closed the practice in fall 2013.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time5 weeks 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 · 5 weeks / 33 days

Aug 1, 2013

Begins

Aug 1, 2013

Discovered

Sep 3, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,500 affectedView incident

Name: Janna Benkelman LPC LLC
norm: janna benkelman lpc
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Janna Benkelman LPC LLC
norm: janna benkelman lpc
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Aug 1, 2013
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2013
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,500nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
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 breach notification submitted 2013-09-03

During the incident: Reported theft to police
Provided breach notification to HHS, media, and affected individuals
Offered credit monitoring to affected individuals
Covered entity closed practice in fall of 2013
Changes made: Practice closed in fall of 2013
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 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: Aug 1, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 1, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 1, 2013 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 1, 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: Sep 3, 2013
Raw hash: f936072cf1e5ef2677060371ec61bb04b454fad6aa032be790c9b8577b78296e

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Reporting entityJanna Benkelman LPC LLC

Victim entityJanna Benkelman LPC LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 1, 2013

Stated responseReported theft to police

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing