FLORIDAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

United HomeCare Services, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 8, 2013

Filed

Mar 9, 2013

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

12,299

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for United HomeCare Services, Inc. →

United HomeCare Services, Inc. (FL) reported to HHS on 2013-03-09 a Theft affecting 12,299 individuals. On January 8, 2013, an employee's unencrypted laptop was stolen from her locked vehicle. The laptop contained demographic data (names, DOBs, addresses, SSNs) and clinical/health insurance information. The CE also had 1,318 clients of its subsidiary affected. Breached information was located on a Laptop. The CE encrypted portable devices, provided workforce training, and OCR obtained corrective-action assurances.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ 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 · 9 weeks / 60 days

Jan 8, 2013

Begins

Jan 8, 2013

Discovered

Mar 9, 2013

Filed

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Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed12,299 affectedView incident

Name: United HomeCare Services, Inc.
norm: united homecare
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: United HomeCare Services, Inc.
norm: united homecare
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jan 8, 2013
Breach occurred: Jan 8, 2013
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 12,299nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (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: External
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the covered entity implemented corrective actions including encryption of portable devices and specialized workforce training.

During the incident: Encrypted all portable devices.
Provided specialized training to workforce.
Notified affected individuals, HHS, and media.
Posted substitute notice on website.
Suspended the employee at fault without pay for 5 days (employee subsequently resigned).
Changes made: Full-disk encryption deployed to portable devices.
Workforce training on device security implemented.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
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: Jan 8, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jan 8, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 8, 2013 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 8, 2013 → 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 9, 2013
Raw hash: ec59f09704894948318342485a18631b2d2ae5e68accfb3da2b89a090f3cff02

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Reporting entityUnited HomeCare Services, Inc.

Victim entityUnited HomeCare Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 8, 2013

Stated responseEncrypted all portable devices.

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing