OHIOPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Henry County Health Department

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 22, 2016

Filed

Dec 21, 2016

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

574

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Henry County Health Department →

Henry County Health Department (OH) reported to HHS on 2016-12-21 a Theft affecting 574 individuals. On October 22, 2016, a nurse's laptop and paper records were stolen from her car inside her locked garage. Demographic and clinical information was compromised. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record, Email, Laptop, and Paper/Films. The CE notified HHS, individuals, and media, reprimanded the employee, encrypted all laptops/workstations/servers, issued off-premises laptop safeguarding policy, and updated Privacy and Security Policies. OCR obtained corrective action assurances.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Oct 22, 2016

Discovered

Dec 21, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed574 affectedView incident

Name: Henry County Health Department
norm: henry county health department
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Henry County Health Department
norm: henry county health department
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 22, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 574nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Electronic medical recordEmailLaptopPaper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR obtained documented assurances that the CE implemented the corrective action steps noted above.

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Reprimanded the employee with a record of written warning
Issued a policy related to safeguarding laptops taken off premises
Encrypted all laptops, workstations, and servers
Updated Privacy and Security Policies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 22, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 22, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 22, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 22, 2016 → 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 21, 2016
Raw hash: f7d2c67b202e07110f4fbff852d02facee3da68c063519ed660176a3d73d2775

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Reporting entityHenry County Health Department

Victim entityHenry County Health Department

Incidentdiscovered Oct 22, 2016

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing