CALIFORNIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighResolved

John E. Gonzalez DDS

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 25, 2016

Filed

Aug 14, 2016

To disclose

20 days

Affected

1,025

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

97%

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On July 25, 2016, a thief broke Dr. John E. Gonzalez DDS's car window and stole a briefcase containing an unencrypted external hard drive with ePHI for approximately 1,025 patients. Exposed data included SSNs, dates of birth, phone numbers, physical/email addresses, health insurance information, and dental images with patient names. The practice notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and subsequently acquired an encrypted hard drive. OCR provided technical assistance on breach notification and Security Rule risk management. Submitted to HHS OCR on 2016-08-14. Breached information located on an Other Portable Electronic Device.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time20 days discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 days

Jul 25, 2016

Begins

Jul 25, 2016

Discovered

Aug 14, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

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Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_0b33814121b3e3b02016-08-14Verified by operator

Name: John E. Gonzalez DDS
norm: john e gonzalez dds
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: John E. Gonzalez DDS
norm: john e gonzalez dds
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jul 25, 2016
Breach occurred: Jul 25, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,025nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
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 notified; technical assistance provided on breach notification and Security Rule risk analysis and risk management provisions

During the incident: Breach notifications sent to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Substitute notice provided
Added safeguards to prevent unauthorized access to data on external hard drive
Purchased an encrypted external hard drive
Changes made: Encrypted external hard drive acquired
Additional safeguards implemented to protect portable storage media
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 days(20 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 25, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 25, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 25, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 25, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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California State AGAug 14 · first

HHS OCRAug 14 · 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.

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: Aug 14, 2016
Raw hash: 66e4b77a89e1841dd7a365b9d6da0f16855796a8c5626ef502983783f8d766f6

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityJohn E. Gonzalez DDS

Victim entityJohn E. Gonzalez DDS

Incidentdiscovered Jul 25, 2016

Stated responseBreach notifications sent to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

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