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Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 28, 2010

To disclose

—

Affected

2,928

Confidence

94%

Full breach record for Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center →3 incidents on file

Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center (PA) reported to HHS OCR on 2010-12-28 a Theft/insider misuse incident affecting 2,928 individuals. A staff physician emailed PHI—including names, addresses, dates of birth, SSNs, and medication information—to his personal home email account while working on an analysis. The CE sanctioned the physician, implemented auto-encryption for PHI emailed externally, improved physical safeguards, and retrained staff following OCR investigation. Breached information was located on Email.

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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

Dec 28, 2010

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.Confirmed2,928 affectedView incident

Name: Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
norm: geisinger wyoming valley medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
norm: geisinger wyoming valley medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,928nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation conducted; CE improved physical safeguards and retrained employees
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Physician sanctioned
Auto-encryption implemented for PHI sent via email
Physical safeguards improved
Employee retraining conducted
Changes made: Auto-encryption of PHI in outbound email
Improved physical safeguards
Employee retraining
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: Dec 28, 2010
Raw hash: 5a9c86c337d89faf90f74f788510917fdb474eee6eaac90c6b5fc68fa31f3ff7

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Reporting entityGeisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center

Victim entityGeisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responsePhysician sanctioned

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing