TEXASPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Group Benefits Plan

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 27, 2014

Filed

Oct 28, 2014

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected

507

Confidence

66%

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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Group Benefits Plan reported to HHS on 2014-10-28 a Loss affecting 507 individuals. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device. A workforce member lost an unsecured flash drive containing employees' PHI.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Oct 27, 2014 → Notified Oct 28, 20141d ✓ HHS report on time≤1 day 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 · ≤1 day / 1 days

Oct 27, 2014

Begins

Oct 27, 2014

Discovered

Oct 28, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed507 affectedView incident

Name: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Group Benefits Plan
norm: burlington northern santa fe group benefits plan
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Group Benefits Plan
norm: burlington northern santa fe group benefits plan
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 27, 2014
Breach occurred: Oct 27, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 28, 2014
Affected individuals: 507nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions

During the incident: Sanctioned the workforce member
Revised its policy limiting the ability of employees to transfer PHI to portable devices
Installed encryption software
Retrained staff on its privacy and security policies
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Revised its policy limiting the ability of employees to transfer PHI to portable devices
Installed encryption software
Retrained staff on its privacy and security policies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: ≤1 day(1 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 1dHHS 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: Oct 27, 2014
→ Notified: Oct 28, 2014
1d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 27, 2014
→ Notified: Oct 28, 2014
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 27, 2014 → Notified: Oct 28, 2014	1d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 27, 2014 → Notified: Oct 28, 2014	—	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 28, 2014
Raw hash: 69ef34c2598f34b0d7bd8fbdedcb2e20671ba7d4e02450b31af096a7efecbe29

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Reporting entityBurlington Northern Santa Fe Group Benefits Plan

Victim entityBurlington Northern Santa Fe Group Benefits Plan

Incidentdiscovered Oct 27, 2014

Stated responseSanctioned the workforce member

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing