DisclosureLens
KENTUCKYPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMinorHigh

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 18, 2010

To disclose

—

Affected

2,027

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY →2 incidents on file

A laptop computer containing the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 2,027 individuals was stolen from the University of Kentucky's Department of Pediatrics. The breach, reported to HHS on June 18, 2010, involved a laptop from the New Born Screening Program. The compromised data included names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, and clinical information. In response to an OCR investigation, the university enhanced its encryption, conducted staff training on security and facility procedures, improved physical safeguards, and updated its policies on disclosure accounting.

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 18, 2010

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.Confirmed2,027 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.