CALIFORNIAPhysicalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountLowResolved

County of Los Angeles

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 3, 2015

Filed

Apr 29, 2015

To disclose

26 days

Affected

880

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for County of Los Angeles →5 incidents on file

County of Los Angeles reported to HHS on 2015-04-29 a Theft affecting 880 individuals. On April 3, 2015, during execution of a search warrant at the home of a DHS LAC+USC / Hawkins Mental Health Center employee, law enforcement discovered and seized items containing PHI of ~880 Hawkins patients treated 2011–2015. PHI included financial, demographic, and clinical information on Paper/Films. The employee was sanctioned, access terminated, and the employee resigned. HIPAA training was provided to Hawkins staff. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time26 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

undetected · 1553 days

discovery → filing · 26 days

Jan 1, 2011

Begins

Apr 3, 2015

Discovered

Apr 29, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed880 affectedView incident

Name: County of Los Angeles
norm: county of los angeles
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: County of Los Angeles
norm: county of los angeles
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Apr 3, 2015
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2011 – Apr 3, 2015
Undetected for: 1,553 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 880nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and media
Changes made: Employee sanctioned and subsequently resigned
Employee's electronic, IT, and physical access to DHS systems terminated
DHS provided in-service HIPAA training to Hawkins Mental Health Center staff
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 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: Apr 3, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 3, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 3, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 3, 2015 → 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: Apr 29, 2015
Raw hash: 7ec40a988ae91eeeefaa59726c57a616134627e8233d90b3d6572352a0dfde20

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Reporting entityCounty of Los Angeles

Victim entityCounty of Los Angeles

Incidentdiscovered Apr 3, 2015

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing