FLORIDAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDCriticalResolved

THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 7, 2011

To disclose

—

Affected

1,055,489

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION →

The Nemours Foundation reported to HHS on 2011-10-07 a Loss affecting 1,055,489 individuals. Breached information located on Other (backup tapes). A locked cabinet containing unencrypted backup tapes with patient ePHI (names, addresses, SSNs, diagnoses) was removed during a facility remodeling in August 2011. The tapes were not recovered. The entity offered credit monitoring and implemented encryption, MFA, and physical security improvements.

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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

Aug 1, 2011

Begins

Oct 7, 2011

Filed

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_5217c657e8c5ae932011-10-06 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_15c632b4ab6467cc2011-10-11 · +4dVerified

Name: THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION
norm: the nemours
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION
norm: the nemours
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2011 – Aug 31, 2011
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,055,489nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the corrective actions listed above were carried out

During the incident: Hired a private investigator to assist in locating the missing backup tapes
Retained Navigant Consulting to assess the recoverability of the information and to conduct a validation review
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Offered one year of free credit monitoring to affected individuals
Changes made: Encrypted all backup tapes, storage devices, and electronic media that may contain e-PHI
Moved backup tapes to a secure off-site facility
Installed non-movable storage cabinets in its data centers
Implemented two-factor authentication for access to ePHI
Hired a system administrator to manage and audit backup procedures
Retrained staff
Updated and created HIPAA policies and procedures, including role-based access to cabinets containing backup data
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.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGOct 6 · first

HHS OCR+1d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Oct 6 (NH), last Oct 11 (MA) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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: Oct 7, 2011
Raw hash: ab0d3bfdd5bbed9719d6a68f98e908de96f65d1700a7d6ad3b2f7db8a22b0610

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE NEMOURS FOUNDATION

Victim entityTHE NEMOURS FOUNDATION

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseHired a private investigator to assist in locating the missing backup tapes

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing