KANSASPhysicalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Kansas Department on Aging

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 13, 2012

Filed

Jan 19, 2012

To disclose

6 days

Affected

7,757

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Kansas Department on Aging →2 incidents on file

On January 13, 2012, a laptop was stolen from an employee's vehicle at the Kansas Department on Aging (KDOA). The laptop contained ePHI of approximately 7,757 customers, including names, addresses, dates of birth, service types, case manager info, quality review dates, and staff names. KDOA filed a police report, notified HHS and affected individuals, and issued substitute notice. Post-breach, KDOA encrypted all laptops and flash drives and retrained staff. OCR determined KDOA does not meet the definition of a covered entity. Breached information located on Laptop.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time6 days 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 · 6 days

Jan 13, 2012

Begins

Jan 13, 2012

Discovered

Jan 19, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed7,757 affectedView incident

Name: Kansas Department on Aging
norm: kansas department on aging
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Kansas Department on Aging
norm: kansas department on aging
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Jan 13, 2012
Breach occurred: Jan 13, 2012
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 7,757nationwide
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: HHS OCR investigation; OCR obtained assurances of corrective action; OCR determined KDOA does not meet the definition of a covered entity.

During the incident: Filed police report
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Issued substitute notice
Retrained workforce
Encrypted all laptops and thumb/flash drives
Changes made: Full laptop encryption implemented across organization
Encryption of thumb/flash drives implemented
Workforce retraining on data handling
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 days(6 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 13, 2012
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jan 13, 2012
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 13, 2012 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 13, 2012 → 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: Jan 19, 2012
Raw hash: 13b7ec44b0acc8f89f9478e7dc2598485628fc871f6cbb2120310ddcc1e681da

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Reporting entityKansas Department on Aging

Victim entityKansas Department on Aging

Incidentdiscovered Jan 13, 2012

Stated responseFiled police report

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing