PENNSYLVANIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMinorMediumResolved

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 24, 2009

To disclose

—

Affected

943

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia →3 incidents on file

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), a PA-based Healthcare Provider, reported to HHS OCR on 2009-11-24 a Theft breach affecting 943 individuals. A laptop was stolen from a hospital employee's vehicle. The device contained PHI including names, contact information, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical record numbers, diagnosis codes, and billing code descriptions. CHOP completed laptop encryption, revised its security policies, and retrained staff. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action. Breached information located on Laptop.

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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

Nov 24, 2009

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.Confirmed943 affectedView incident

Name: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
norm: the children s hospital of philadelphia
Domain: chop.edu
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
norm: the children s hospital of philadelphia
Domain: chop.edu
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 943nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMinor
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the covered entity implemented corrective actions.

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
Implemented pre-existing laptop encryption plan.
Revised information security policies.
Workforce retraining.
Changes made: Accelerated and completed encryption of all hospital laptops.
Revised information security policies.
Retrained workforce on information security.
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
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: Nov 24, 2009
Raw hash: efb1783b0f492aedd05973a5a6d55eed8e121d64213b3c8d4f6b3b4d690a10b0

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Reporting entityThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Victim entityThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing