NEW YORKAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)HighResolved

Columbia University Medical Center

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Severity

High

Financial impact

$4.80M

Discovered

Sep 24, 2010

Filed

Sep 24, 2010

To disclose

—

Affected

6,800

Confidence

70%

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

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center reported to HHS on 2010-09-24 a Theft affecting 6800 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. Internal physician misconfigured server exposing ePHI to internet.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time

⚠ 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 · ≤1 day / 0 days

Sep 24, 2010

Begins

Sep 24, 2010

Discovered

Sep 24, 2010

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6,800 affectedView incident

Name: Columbia University Medical Center
norm: columbia university medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Columbia University Medical Center
norm: columbia university medical center
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Sep 24, 2010
Breach occurred: Sep 24, 2010
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 6,800nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1530 Data from Cloud Storage
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHS OCRHHS OCR initiated investigationEntered into corrective action plan with OCR
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Paid OCR monetary settlement of $3,300,000
Agreed to substantive corrective action plan
Undertaking risk analysis
Developing risk management plan
Revising policies and procedures
Training staff
Providing progress reports
Changes made: Undertaking risk analysis
Developing risk management plan
Revising policies and procedures
Training staff
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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: Sep 24, 2010
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 24, 2010
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 24, 2010 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 24, 2010 → 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 24, 2010
Raw hash: af6b518705905410d0914351c377681333ef9ec73f328120cb724b344757e2a1

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Reporting entityColumbia University Medical Center

Victim entityColumbia University Medical Center

Incidentdiscovered Sep 24, 2010

Stated responsePaid OCR monetary settlement of $3,300,000

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing