TEXASPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

CHRISTUS St. John Hospital

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 25, 2012

Filed

Nov 16, 2012

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

5,748

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for CHRISTUS St. John Hospital →

CHRISTUS St. John Hospital (TX) reported to HHS on 2012-11-16 a Loss affecting 5,748 individuals. On September 25, 2012, an employee lost an unsecured flash drive containing ePHI including financial, demographic, and clinical information. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device. The hospital notified HHS, affected individuals, and media. Corrective actions included policy revision, encryption of storage media, and employee retraining. OCR obtained assurances of compliance.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time7 weeks 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 · 7 weeks / 52 days

Sep 25, 2012

Begins

Sep 25, 2012

Discovered

Nov 16, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_f192949ab9676fac2012-11-16Verified

Name: CHRISTUS St. John Hospital
norm: christus st john hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: CHRISTUS St. John Hospital
norm: christus st john hospital
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Sep 25, 2012
Breach occurred: Sep 25, 2012
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,748nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Loss
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: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented corrective actions including revised HIPAA policy, encryption of media storage devices, and retraining of involved employee.

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
Revised HIPAA policy.
Implemented an encryption solution for media storage devices.
Retrained the involved employee.
Changes made: Revised HIPAA policy
Implemented encryption solution for media storage devices
Retrained the involved employee
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(52 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: Sep 25, 2012
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 25, 2012
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 25, 2012 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 25, 2012 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGNov 16 · first

HHS OCRNov 16 · 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: Nov 16, 2012
Raw hash: f72aa5a06755dd97669a1594ea7a433be48e272bf860245b3cd65fcabb55872d

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCHRISTUS St. John Hospital

Victim entityCHRISTUS St. John Hospital

Incidentdiscovered Sep 25, 2012

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