MISSISSIPPIPhysicalHealthcareEducationHealthcareTheftMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryHealth (basic)Identity (basic)HighResolved

University of Mississippi Medical Center

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Severity

High

Financial impact

$2.75M

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 21, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

500

Linked

2 records

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for University of Mississippi Medical Center →2 incidents on file

University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) reported to HHS OCR on 2013-03-21 a loss/theft incident affecting 500 individuals per the HHS portal (investigation revealed ~10,000 patients impacted). A password-protected laptop went missing from the MICU, likely stolen by a visitor. OCR also found a UMMC network drive broadly accessible via generic credentials over wireless, exposing ePHI of ~10,000 patients since 2008. UMMC paid a $2,750,000 settlement and adopted a corrective action plan. Breached information located on a Laptop.

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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

Mar 21, 2013

Begins

Mar 21, 2013

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Enforcement records (1)

HHS OCR enforcementbd_9d98709c8e6fe8fb2016-07-21 · +1218dVerified by operator

Name: University of Mississippi Medical Center
norm: university of mississippi medical center
Domain: umc.edu
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: University of Mississippi Medical Center
norm: university of mississippi medical center
Domain: umc.edu
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultEducationllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Mar 21, 2013
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 500nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical MediumT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation triggered by breach notificationUMMC agreed to $2,750,000 settlement with HHS OCRUMMC adopted corrective action plan under HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules

During the incident: UMMC privacy officer reported missing laptop to OCR on March 21, 2013
UMMC conducted internal investigation concluding laptop was likely stolen by a visitor to the MICU
UMMC adopted corrective action plan
Changes made: Corrective action plan adopted to assure future HIPAA compliance
Resolution amount of $2,750,000 paid to HHS OCR
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → 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: Mar 21, 2013
Raw hash: ce9f233213df2e293f0e56bcb7def41bce6cb88ad02bfb5a14a8924050c6b061

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Linked disclosures

Enforcement records (1)

Reporting entityUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center

Victim entityUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseUMMC privacy officer reported missing laptop to OCR on March 21, 2013

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing