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NEW YORKPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

WESTMED Medical Group

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 5, 2010

To disclose

—

Affected

578

Confidence

98%
Full breach record for WESTMED Medical Group →

WESTMED Medical Group (NY) reported to HHS on 2010-10-05 a Theft affecting 578 individuals. An unencrypted laptop containing ePHI—including names, dates of birth, and test results—was stolen. The CE filed a police report and notified affected individuals, HHS, and the media. Following OCR investigation, the CE improved physical security, encrypted all laptop hard drives, implemented secure file server procedures, enforced strong passwords, and retrained staff on ePHI safeguarding. Breached information located on Laptop.

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

Oct 5, 2010

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed578 affectedView incident

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.