NEW YORKPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 21, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

610

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Inc. →7 incidents on file

Mount Sinai Medical Center (NY) reported to HHS OCR on 2013-10-21 the loss of a provider's personal unencrypted USB drive containing PHI for 610 individuals. The drive included names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, procedure logs, procedure dates, procedure information, and clinical information. The CE sanctioned the provider, retrained staff on HIPAA, and was directed by OCR to conduct a risk analysis, update portable-device policies, and implement encryption requirements for personally owned devices.

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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

Oct 21, 2013

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.Confirmed610 affectedView incident

Name: The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Inc.
norm: the mount sinai medical center
Domain: mountsinai.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Inc.
norm: the mount sinai medical center
Domain: mountsinai.org
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 610nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation conducted; CE expected to conduct risk analysis, implement remediation plan, implement workstation security, update portable device and device/media control policies, review HIPAA training content, and implement comprehensive policy for personally owned electronic devices.

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, the media, and affected individuals.
Provider sanctioned.
All workforce members reminded of encryption guidance and resources.
All workforce members retrained on HIPAA privacy and security.
Changes made: Risk analysis to be conducted.
Remediation plan to be implemented.
Workstation security to be implemented.
Policies for portable devices and device/media controls to be updated and clarified.
HIPAA training content to be reviewed.
Comprehensive policy and procedure for personally owned electronic devices to be implemented, ensuring encryption, tracking, and monitoring.
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: Oct 21, 2013
Raw hash: d618ff2a359b2d2fd46ed7a1107c8ff5f093421c77e6d81d2c4acd32990dd7fb

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Reporting entityThe Mount Sinai Medical Center, Inc.

Victim entityThe Mount Sinai Medical Center, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

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

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing