NEW MEXICOPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Ambercare Corporation, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 27, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

2,284

Confidence

69%

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Ambercare Corporation, Inc. reported to HHS on 2018-07-27 a Theft affecting 2284 individuals. Breached information located on Laptop. An unencrypted laptop was stolen from a workforce member's vehicle, exposing names, dates of birth, and treatment information. The entity improved safeguards, updated policies, trained workforce, and provided notifications.

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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

Jul 27, 2018

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,284 affectedView incident

Name: Ambercare Corporation, Inc.
norm: ambercare
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Ambercare Corporation, Inc.
norm: ambercare
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,284nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above

During the incident: Improved safeguards
Updated its policies and procedures
Trained its workforce members on better practices to safeguard PHI
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Improved safeguards
Updated its policies and procedures
Trained its workforce members on better practices to safeguard PHI
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.

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: Jul 27, 2018
Raw hash: 0e27255dcb642b887f5394fb6c26194068296be7cb0ffd9186c44dd13f5dc61f

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Reporting entityAmbercare Corporation, Inc.

Victim entityAmbercare Corporation, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImproved safeguards

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing