NEW YORKPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Independence Care System

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 24, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

2,434

Confidence

98%

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Independence Care System (NY) reported to HHS OCR on 2013-05-24 that an unencrypted laptop was stolen from an employee's home. The laptop contained reports with 2,434 members' names, addresses, telephone numbers, Medicaid identification numbers, internal IDs, enrollment, and disenrollment dates. Breached information located on a Laptop. OCR investigated; the CE encrypted all laptops, updated encryption/security policies, and performed an IT security assessment. OCR set expectations for further risk analysis and policy improvements.

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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

May 24, 2013

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.Confirmed2,434 affectedView incident

Name: Independence Care System
norm: independence care system
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Independence Care System
norm: independence care system
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,434nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Laptop
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 conductedOCR issued expectations for updated security training, risk analysis, risk management plan, and policies/procedures for security incidents, physical security, and facility security planOCR expects ongoing security awareness training for all staff

During the incident: Breach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and media
Encrypted all laptop computers
Updated policies and procedures for encryption of desktop computers, laptops, and mobile devices
Updated security and security awareness training policies
Performed information security assessment of modified IT environment
Implemented findings of remediation plan
Changes made: Full encryption of laptops
Updated encryption policies for desktops, laptops, and mobile devices
Updated security awareness training
Information security assessment of IT environment
Remediation plan implementation
Pending: risk analysis, risk management plan, security incident policies, physical security plan, facility security plan
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: May 24, 2013
Raw hash: c5e5b2d76263d06c1a1b6f8cdd858a7bf20111629cb8c5bb4ad5618576f34496

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Reporting entityIndependence Care System

Victim entityIndependence Care System

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing