PhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

Retinal Consultants Medical Group, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 7, 2013

Filed

Aug 2, 2013

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Retinal Consultants Medical Group, Inc. →

Retinal Consultants Medical Group, Inc. reported the theft of a laptop computer, which was part of a diagnostic imaging machine, stolen after June 5, 2013, and discovered on June 7, 2013. The unencrypted laptop contained protected health information (PHI) including names, dates of birth, gender, race, and OCT images. Social Security numbers and addresses were not present. The organization notified law enforcement and implemented physical security enhancements and identity verification procedures.

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California clockDiscovered Jun 7, 2013 → Notified Jul 31, 201354d ✓ CA 60-day OK8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Jun 5, 2013

Begins

Jun 7, 2013

Discovered

Aug 2, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Retinal Consultants Medical Group, Inc.
norm: retinal consultants medical

Name: Retinal Consultants Medical Group, Inc.
norm: retinal consultants medical
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jun 7, 2013
Breach occurred: Jun 5, 2013 – Jun 7, 2013
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 31, 2013
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium

During the incident: Reported the matter to the local police department
Changes made: Increasing the physical security of imaging and other equipment stored at our offices
Increasing the interior and exterior security of our offices
Requiring additional information when confirming a patient’s identity on the phone
Determining how we can further secure laptop data
Strengthening other aspects of our internal HIPAA security program
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 54d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jun 7, 2013
→ Notified: Jul 31, 2013
54d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jun 7, 2013 → Notified: Jul 31, 2013	54d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-42390
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 2, 2013
Raw hash: 3c2c3f9c52dfaac3f0b18b2d55d282eec46e3d5142323ffedbf094363f5b9bc7

Reporting entityRetinal Consultants Medical Group, Inc.

Victim entityRetinal Consultants Medical Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 7, 2013

Stated responseReported the matter to the local police department

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov