DisclosureLens
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.

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

5 wks faster

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

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.