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WASHINGTONPhysicalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareTheftBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighResolved

Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 19, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

1,915

Confidence

98%
Full breach record for Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center →

Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center (WA) reported to HHS on 2017-10-19 that two portable hard drives containing PHI were stolen from its business associate on July 18, 2017. Breached information was on Other Portable Electronic Device. Affected individuals' names, addresses, SSNs, phone numbers, surgical information, and insurance information were exposed for 1,915 individuals. The CE notified affected individuals, media, and HHS; contacted police; required BA corrective actions; and implemented new media sanitization policies.

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

Jul 18, 2017

Begins

Oct 19, 2017

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,915 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.