AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumResolved

Touchstone Medical Imaging, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 9, 2014

Filed

Oct 3, 2014

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Touchstone Medical Imaging, LLC →2 incidents on file

Touchstone Medical Imaging, LLC disclosed that a folder containing patient billing information (including SSNs, names, DOBs, and diagnoses) was inadvertently left accessible via the internet. The company discovered the exposure on May 9, 2014, and immediately secured the folder. An internal investigation initially suggested the data was unreadable, but later confirmed it may have been readable. No improper use was known. The company offered one year of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered May 9, 2014 → Notified Sep 30, 2014144d ✗ CA 60-day late21 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 147 days

May 9, 2014

Begins

May 9, 2014

Discovered

Oct 3, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_580aca34fd5e36f72014-10-03Verified
HHS OCR enforcementbd_37ce4304ab5deb0c2019-05-06 · +1676dVerified by operator

Name: Touchstone Medical Imaging, LLC
norm: touchstone medical imaging

Name: Touchstone Medical Imaging, LLC
norm: touchstone medical imaging
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 9, 2014
Breach occurred: May 9, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 30, 2014
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Immediately secured the folder and removed it from public view
Began an internal investigation
Offering a complimentary one-year membership in Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert
Changes made: Reinforcing the education of our employees
Monitoring of our systems regarding the protection of our patients’ information
Continually reviewing and enhancing our policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(147 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 144d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: May 9, 2014
→ Notified: Sep 30, 2014
144d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: May 9, 2014 → Notified: Sep 30, 2014	144d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCROct 3 · first

California State AGOct 3 · first · this page

HHS OCR enforcement+1676d

Pattern: first filing Oct 3 (TN), last May 6 — a 1676-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-46850
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 3, 2014
Raw hash: 9ba1a1c687bbbdc0d5907856602f70c37f9d369e6bfc899bbf2fd6a7151be9c3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTouchstone Medical Imaging, LLC

Victim entityTouchstone Medical Imaging, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 9, 2014

Stated responseImmediately secured the folder and removed it from public view

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov