COLORADOPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MetadataMediumResolved

Sarah Benjamin, DPM - Littleton Podiatry

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 27, 2013

Filed

Sep 28, 2013

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

3,512

Confidence

95%

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On August 27, 2013, an unencrypted laptop was stolen from a locked supply closet at Littleton Podiatry (Littleton, CO), exposing PHI of 3,512 individuals. Data included names, genders, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, health insurance information, and detailed medical records (diagnoses, treatments, surgery notes, lab results, prescriptions). The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, media, and police. Post-breach remediation included a risk analysis, risk management plan, full device encryption, and enhanced physical and administrative safeguards. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action completion.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Aug 27, 2013 → Notified Sep 28, 201332d ✓ HHS report on time5 weeks 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 · 5 weeks / 32 days

Aug 27, 2013

Begins

Aug 27, 2013

Discovered

Sep 28, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,512 affectedView incident

Name: Sarah Benjamin, DPM - Littleton Podiatry
norm: sarah benjamin dpm littleton podiatry
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Sarah Benjamin, DPM - Littleton Podiatry
norm: sarah benjamin dpm littleton podiatry
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Aug 27, 2013
Breach occurred: Aug 27, 2013
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 28, 2013
Affected individuals: 3,512nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Metadata
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach notification filedOCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Contacted the police
Conducted enterprise-wide risk analysis
Implemented a risk management plan
Encrypted workstations and devices
Improved physical safeguards
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards for Security Rule compliance
Changes made: Enterprise-wide risk analysis conducted
Risk management plan implemented
Full encryption of workstations and portable devices
Enhanced physical safeguards
Additional administrative and technical Security Rule safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 32dHHS 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: Aug 27, 2013
→ Notified: Sep 28, 2013
32d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 27, 2013
→ Notified: Sep 28, 2013
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 27, 2013 → Notified: Sep 28, 2013	32d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 27, 2013 → Notified: Sep 28, 2013	—	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: Sep 28, 2013
Raw hash: c53227b725eb67d8241338cca7551a06ea7a8b7630a46387561a0bd7cce6a004

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Reporting entitySarah Benjamin, DPM - Littleton Podiatry

Victim entitySarah Benjamin, DPM - Littleton Podiatry

Incidentdiscovered Aug 27, 2013

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing