NEW JERSEYPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Jersey City Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 7, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

36,400

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Jersey City Medical Center →4 incidents on file

Jersey City Medical Center (NJ) reported to HHS on 2014-08-07 a Loss affecting 36,400 individuals. An unencrypted CD containing PHI — including demographic, clinical, and health insurance information — was sent via UPS overnight service and not delivered to the intended recipient for three months. The breached information was located on another portable electronic device. The CE notified HHS, media, and patients; offered free identity protection; and sanctioned the responsible employees. OCR confirmed corrective actions were implemented.

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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

Aug 7, 2014

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_e7cad96157728faf2014-08-06 · +1dVerified

Name: Jersey City Medical Center
norm: jersey city medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Jersey City Medical Center
norm: jersey city medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 36,400nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented.
Initial access: removable_media

During the incident: Breach notification sent to HHS, media, and affected individuals.
Offered 12 months of identity protection services at no cost to affected individuals.
Posted substitute notice on website.
Reminded workforce of obligation to encrypt all outgoing PHI.
Sanctioned the two individuals responsible for creating the unencrypted CD.
Provided HIPAA training to workforce.
Changes made: Implemented corrective actions as confirmed by OCR.
Required to conduct a risk analysis and implement a corresponding remediation plan.
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 6 · first

HHS OCR+1d · this page

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: Aug 7, 2014
Raw hash: 2ab29ca4fa31c47e90ee643806c4b5d6f6b4a8e1afc633a6acb06219de7c77ea

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityJersey City Medical Center

Victim entityJersey City Medical Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach notification sent to HHS, media, and affected individuals.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing