NEW JERSEYMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighResolved

BioReference Laboratories Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 8, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

3,563

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for BioReference Laboratories Inc. →5 incidents on file

BioReference Laboratories, Inc. (NJ) reported to HHS OCR on 2016-04-08 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 3,563 individuals. Several employees took pictures of documents containing PHI, including names, dates of birth, addresses, health insurance information, SSNs, diagnoses, and lab results. OCR investigated and the CE implemented new handheld-device policies, encrypted communications tools, and offered credit monitoring to affected individuals. Breached information located on: Other.

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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

Apr 8, 2016

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_4c1da8155afefa1d2016-04-11 · +3dVerified

Name: BioReference Laboratories Inc.
norm: bioreference laboratories
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: BioReference Laboratories Inc.
norm: bioreference laboratories
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,563nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR investigation conducted; corrective action assurances obtained
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented
Changes made: Created new policy outlining acceptable uses of personal and handheld devices
Provided employees with encrypted communications tools
Provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to affected individuals
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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HHS OCRApr 8 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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: Apr 8, 2016
Raw hash: 08dce58b1f1d053c238596e1686b93860bd063cf7578e988975a86cd459d83e5

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBioReference Laboratories Inc.

Victim entityBioReference Laboratories Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented additional administrative and technical safeguards

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing