NEW JERSEYPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighResolved

New Jersey Department of Human Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 22, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

9,825

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for New Jersey Department of Human Services →6 incidents on file

New Jersey Department of Human Services reported to HHS on 2013-11-22 a Loss affecting 9,825 individuals. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device. A business associate, Island Peer Review Organization, lost an unencrypted USB drive containing patient PII, PHI, and financial data.

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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 — partial

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Breach window unknown

Nov 22, 2013

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.Confirmed9,825 affectedView incident

Name: New Jersey Department of Human Services
norm: new jersey department of human
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: New Jersey Department of Human Services
norm: new jersey department of human
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 9,825nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: provided breach notification to HHSAs a result of OCR’s investigation and technical assistanceOCR advised the CE of the requirements to perform a thorough and accurate risk analysis and establish a risk management plan
Third party: via Island Peer Review Organizationbusiness associate

During the incident: The BA recovered all of the USB drives used by employees
Retrained these employees on the BA’s security policies and the appropriate use of encryption on portable electronic media
Implemented a policy requiring staff to use only portable media purchased by the BA's Information Systems Department
Installed technical safeguards on all computers so only approved portable devices are allowed access while any other types can be rendered as “read only” or unusable
BA's device access will be monitored and logged to guard against employees who attempt to copy data to unauthorized devices
Changes made: Retrained certain staff
Implemented a policy requiring staff to use only portable media purchased by the BA's Information Systems Department
Installed technical safeguards on all computers so only approved portable devices are allowed access while any other types can be rendered as “read only” or unusable
BA's device access will be monitored and logged to guard against employees who attempt to copy data to unauthorized devices
Perform a thorough and accurate risk analysis and establish a risk management plan
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.

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: Nov 22, 2013
Raw hash: e62f6ec427453658fac96df82447e962b3e58fa696f8e75b5f3c5ae7b5f47842

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Reporting entityNew Jersey Department of Human Services

Victim entityNew Jersey Department of Human Services

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseThe BA recovered all of the USB drives used by employees

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing