TEXASPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Carolyn B Lyde, MD, PA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 30, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

1,500

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Carolyn B Lyde, MD, PA →

Carolyn B Lyde, MD, PA (operating as Dermatology Center of Lewisville, TX) reported to HHS OCR on 2015-11-30 a Theft affecting approximately 1,500 individuals. An unencrypted, password-protected laptop used as a storage device was stolen, exposing patient names and images of skin conditions. Following OCR investigation, the CE adopted encryption, updated its Risk Analysis and Risk Management Plan, improved physical security, and retrained staff.

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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

Nov 30, 2015

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.Confirmed1,500 affectedView incident

Name: Carolyn B Lyde, MD, PA
norm: carolyn b lyde md
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Carolyn B Lyde, MD, PA
norm: carolyn b lyde md
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,500nationwide
Data types: Health (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: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation conducted; corrective action adopted

During the incident: Adopted encryption technologies
Updated Risk Analysis
Implemented Risk Management Plan
Improved physical security
Retrained workforce on revised policies and procedures
Changes made: Encryption deployed on storage devices
Risk Analysis updated
Risk Management Plan implemented
Physical security improvements
Workforce retraining on policies and procedures
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: Nov 30, 2015
Raw hash: 7ef9f5831d23df651db5adc51943b6746959bab5f0eadf87ca6b0e5cf24098a6

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Reporting entityCarolyn B Lyde, MD, PA

Victim entityCarolyn B Lyde, MD, PA

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseAdopted encryption technologies

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing