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ILLINOISAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Chicago Muscoskeletal Institute

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 31, 2011

Filed

Mar 23, 2012

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

750

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for Chicago Muscoskeletal Institute →

Chicago Musculoskeletal Institute reported to HHS on 2012-03-23 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 750 individuals. On December 31, 2011, patient names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, and clinic notes were inadvertently exposed on the CE's network server and website. The CE disabled the website, removed the data, and notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following OCR investigation, the CE provided fraud and credit monitoring to patients and retrained staff on technical safeguards. Breached information located on Network Server.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified12 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 · 12 weeks / 83 days

Dec 31, 2011

Begins

Dec 31, 2011

Discovered

Mar 23, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed750 affectedView incident

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.