SOUTH CAROLINAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Oconee Physician Practices

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 9, 2010

Filed

May 20, 2010

To disclose

11 days

Affected

653

Confidence

68%

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Oconee Physician Practices reported to HHS on 2010-05-20 a Theft affecting 653 individuals. Breached information located on Laptop. A password-protected, unencrypted laptop used for EKG testing was missing, exposing demographic and clinical information. The entity notified HHS, individuals, and media, improved physical safeguards, retrained staff, and planned to encrypt portable media.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time11 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 days

May 9, 2010

Discovered

May 20, 2010

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed653 affectedView incident

Name: Oconee Physician Practices
norm: oconee physician practices
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Oconee Physician Practices
norm: oconee physician practices
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 9, 2010
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 653nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (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: Internal
Regulator citations: provided breach notification to HHSOCR reviewed the CE’s policies and procedures and supporting documents

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Improved safeguards by changing access codes and physical locks to the building
Retrained its workforce on the importance of password protection and laptop security
Changes made: Developed a plan to create a stronger policy for asset tracking, accountability, and activity monitoring
Upgraded procedures for password strength, automatic log-off capabilities, and limiting the number of sign-on attempts
Developed a plan to encrypt laptops and other portable media containing electronic protected health information (ePHI)
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 days(11 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: May 9, 2010
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: May 9, 2010
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 9, 2010 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: May 9, 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: May 20, 2010
Raw hash: 4d46e679cf14bad0c726beab8bd5bcee141be2499b7d27f3bbab14dbc15a230a

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Reporting entityOconee Physician Practices

Victim entityOconee Physician Practices

Incidentdiscovered May 9, 2010

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing