NEW YORKPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftLossCustomer Data InvolvedPatch Available Not AppliedPHIHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICMediumResolved
University of Rochester
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Full breach record for University of Rochester →University of Rochester Medical Center and Affiliates reported to HHS OCR on 2015-05-22 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 3,403 individuals via loss of an unencrypted flash drive (2013) and theft of an unencrypted laptop (2017). OCR found URMC failed to implement encryption and risk analysis. URMC agreed to pay $3 million and undertook a corrective action plan with two years of HIPAA compliance monitoring.
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.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,403 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- 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
- May 22, 2015
- Raw hash
- c2a7bb680a412749c9a52a861697b9641ba0b38791a9b0a6f145e8dc9dd78836
Source filing
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Reporting entity
- Name
- University of Rochesternorm: university of rochester
- Domain
- rochester.edu
- Industry
- Health Care Services
Victim entity
- Name
- University of Rochesternorm: university of rochester
- Domain
- rochester.edu
- Industry
- Health Care Services
- Industry
- Healthcaresource default
Incident
- Discovered
- Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- 3,403
- Data types
- PHIHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASIC
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
- Regulator citations
- URMC filed breach report with OCR in 2013 following loss of unencrypted flash driveURMC filed breach report with OCR in 2017 following theft of unencrypted laptopOCR investigated URMC in 2010 concerning a similar breach involving a lost unencrypted flash drive and provided technical assistanceOCR investigated and found URMC failed to conduct enterprise-wide risk analysis, implement sufficient security measures, utilize device and media controls, and employ encryption mechanismsURMC agreed to pay $3 million to OCR to settle potential HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules violationsURMC undertook a corrective action plan including two years of monitoring compliance with HIPAA Rules
Compliance
- 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
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.