CALIFORNIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Palomar Health, Privacy Manager Breach

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 28, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

5,499

Confidence

98%

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Palomar Health (CA) reported to HHS on 2014-03-28 a Theft affecting 5,499 individuals. A workforce member's car was broken into, resulting in the theft of two unencrypted flash drives containing PHI, including names, dates of birth, diagnoses/treatment information, insurance information, and some Medicare numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media; provided credit monitoring; sanctioned and retrained the involved workforce member; and implemented a USB encryption lockdown project. OCR's investigation resulted in improved HIPAA practices.

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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

Mar 28, 2014

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.Confirmed5,499 affectedView incident

Name: Palomar Health, Privacy Manager Breach
norm: palomar health privacy manager breach
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Palomar Health, Privacy Manager Breach
norm: palomar health privacy manager breach
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,499nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Portable 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 investigation resulted in improved HIPAA practices at the covered entity

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Provided credit monitoring and identity theft protection
Changes made: Sanctioned and retrained the workforce member involved in the breach
Retrained other workforce members on HIPAA security procedures
Implemented USB encryption lockdown project to enhance technical safeguards
Provided credit monitoring and identity theft protection to affected individuals
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: Mar 28, 2014
Raw hash: f755190315884c51c45e73c4dc263ca83687637d7a46c347966c479fcd362d61

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Reporting entityPalomar Health, Privacy Manager Breach

Victim entityPalomar Health, Privacy Manager Breach

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing