TEXASPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MinorHighResolved

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 15, 2015

Filed

Aug 7, 2015

To disclose

23 days

Affected

1,004

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE →8 incidents on file

Baylor College of Medicine reported to HHS on 2015-08-07 a Theft affecting 1004 individuals. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device, Paper/Films. A physician's backpack containing unencrypted drives and a notebook with pediatric patient PHI was stolen from an automobile.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time23 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 days

Jul 15, 2015

Discovered

Aug 7, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,004 affectedView incident

Name: BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
norm: baylor college of medicine
Domain: bcm.edu
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
norm: baylor college of medicine
Domain: bcm.edu
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jul 15, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,004nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Minor
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Portable electronic devicePaper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Regulator citations: OCR’s involvement

During the incident: Reported the theft to the police
Initiated an investigation
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Distributed an acknowledgment and attestation document to each medical resident and fellow addressing the CE’s patient privacy and security policies, including incident reporting procedures
Initiated a policy to require the acknowledgment and attestation to be included in each graduate medical education program participant’s contract at the beginning of each academic year
Changes made: Distributed an acknowledgment and attestation document to each medical resident and fellow addressing the CE’s patient privacy and security policies, including incident reporting procedures
Initiated a policy to require the acknowledgment and attestation to be included in each graduate medical education program participant’s contract at the beginning of each academic year
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 15, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 15, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 15, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 15, 2015 → 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: Aug 7, 2015
Raw hash: 647102bd5cbb7a9411a7805d87b977ef74dad440d106d2a2745d0341f755211a

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Reporting entityBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Victim entityBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Incidentdiscovered Jul 15, 2015

Stated responseReported the theft to the police

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing