COLORADOMisuseHealthcareHealthcareEmail MisuseCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Lasair Aesthetic Health, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 11, 2016

Filed

Jul 11, 2016

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1,835

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Lasair Aesthetic Health, P.C. →

Lasair Aesthetic Health, P.C. (CO) reported to HHS on 2016-07-11 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,835 individuals. On May 11, 2016, a former employee used her mobile phone to forward 5 emails containing ePHI — including patient names, balances/credit amounts, photos, and a medical-reaction record — to her personal email account. The breach occurred the day after her resignation, as a password change did not propagate to her mobile device. Breached information was located on Email. OCR provided technical assistance.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified9 weeks 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 · 9 weeks / 61 days

May 11, 2016

Begins

May 11, 2016

Discovered

Jul 11, 2016

Filed

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Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,835 affectedView incident

Name: Lasair Aesthetic Health, P.C.
norm: lasair aesthetic health
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Lasair Aesthetic Health, P.C.
norm: lasair aesthetic health
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 11, 2016
Breach occurred: May 11, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,835nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical MediumT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Breach notification provided to affected individuals, HHS, and media
Created new privacy and security policies and procedures including new termination checklist
Re-trained staff
Instituted background check procedures for all staff
Switched email service to new provider with increased security controls
Removed remote access capability from majority of staff
Changes made: Password change policy updated to ensure mobile device synchronization
New termination checklist implemented
Enhanced email security controls via new provider
Remote access restrictions applied
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS 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: May 11, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 11, 2016 → 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: Jul 11, 2016
Raw hash: 50409f15e9343c157b9e957f102cfe1de879c3a8ff69b43cb882b0661cd85034

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Reporting entityLasair Aesthetic Health, P.C.

Victim entityLasair Aesthetic Health, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered May 11, 2016

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

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing