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John Muir Health - Walnut Creek Medical Center

bd_98e773795f9aaf6e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 22, 2023

Filed

Apr 13, 2023

To disclose

22 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for John Muir Health - Walnut Creek Medical Center

John Muir Health - Walnut Creek Medical Center disclosed an incident where a staff member created a website linking to an Excel file containing patient health information (name, facility, room, diagnosis, dates) without proper access controls. The website was active from July 1, 2021, until it was decommissioned on March 24, 2023. The Privacy Office was notified on March 22, 2023. No financial information was involved. The organization disabled the link and decommissioned the site, and is re-educating staff and reviewing policies.

Incident timeline

undetected · 629 days
discovery → filing · 22 days

Jul 1, 2021

Begins

Mar 22, 2023

Discovered

Apr 13, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings

View merged incident ↗
HHS OCRApr 13 · first
California State AGApr 13 · first · this page

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.