WASHINGTONPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumResolved

Lutheran Community Services Northwest

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 29, 2012

To disclose

—

Affected

756

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Lutheran Community Services Northwest →2 incidents on file

Lutheran Community Services Northwest (WA) reported to HHS OCR on 2012-05-29 a Theft affecting 756 individuals. Two desktop computers and a USB drive were stolen during a break-in at the CE's premises. Breached information was located on Desktop Computer and Other Portable Electronic Device. ePHI included phone numbers, email addresses, state ID card information, demographic, financial, clinical, diagnostic, and treatment information. The CE installed new locks, updated HIPAA policies, encrypted mobile devices, migrated backup server off-site, and stopped saving ePHI locally.

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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

May 29, 2012

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.Confirmed756 affectedView incident

Name: Lutheran Community Services Northwest
norm: lutheran community services northwest
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Lutheran Community Services Northwest
norm: lutheran community services northwest
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 756nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Desktop computerPortable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR technical assistance provided; CE revised policies and procedures per OCR guidance

During the incident: Installed new locks at premises
Added HIPAA policies and procedures
Encrypted all mobile devices
Revised policies and procedures per OCR technical assistance
Moved back-up server offsite to a secure storage facility
Stopped saving ePHI to local computer drives
Changes made: New physical security locks installed
HIPAA policy and procedure updates
Encryption of all mobile devices
Off-site secure backup storage migration
Elimination of local ePHI storage on desktop drives
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: May 29, 2012
Raw hash: c48244d7f31ecb2ebeb633cf8ec13030086b8e3e387db06e7ae5d47baed974c4

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Reporting entityLutheran Community Services Northwest

Victim entityLutheran Community Services Northwest

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseInstalled new locks at premises

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing