CONNECTICUTPhysicalHealthcareEducationHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

YALE UNIVERSITY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 18, 2010

To disclose

—

Affected

1,000

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for YALE UNIVERSITY →7 incidents on file

Yale University reported to HHS on 2010-08-18 a Theft affecting approximately 1,000 individuals. An unsecured laptop was stolen from an office building on Yale's premises; it contained PHI from the Ryan White Part A program including names, dates of birth, diagnoses/conditions, medications, lab results, and other treatment information. Breached information was located on a Laptop. OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented, including mandatory mobile device encryption and mandatory Privacy and Security Awareness training.

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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

Aug 18, 2010

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.Confirmed1,000 affectedView incident

Name: YALE UNIVERSITY
norm: yale university
Domain: yale.edu
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: YALE UNIVERSITY
norm: yale university
Domain: yale.edu
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultEducationllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,000nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (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 the corrective actions listed.

During the incident: Installed access card readers for entry to the office suite
Inspected the facility's alarm system
Replaced custodial staff and limited cleaning to office hours
Accelerated implementation of pre-existing safeguards
Implemented mandatory encryption for all mobile devices
Created a new system to ensure all employees complete mandatory Privacy and Security Awareness training
Revised several policies and procedures on ePHI security
Changes made: Mandatory encryption for all mobile devices
Revised ePHI security policies and procedures
Mandatory Privacy and Security Awareness training for all employees
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: Aug 18, 2010
Raw hash: bba9ed71463f29388be2fe120b2c2ac87eda49f380234afeb355f1851f67e188

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Reporting entityYALE UNIVERSITY

Victim entityYALE UNIVERSITY

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseInstalled access card readers for entry to the office suite

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing