NORTH CAROLINAMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseSabotageBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData DestroyedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighResolved

Rick Lawson, Professional Computer Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 11, 2009

To disclose

—

Affected

2,000

Confidence

94%

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Rick Lawson, Professional Computer Services (NC), a Business Associate, reported to HHS on 2009-12-11 a breach classified as Theft affecting approximately 2,000 individuals. During an IT vendor transition, a workforce member of the outgoing BA entered the covered entity's computer system, changed passwords, disabled accounts, removed drive mappings, deleted the backup program, and deactivated antivirus software. PHI affected included names, addresses, dates of birth, SSNs, appointments, insurance information, and dental records. Breached information was located on Desktop Computers, Electronic Medical Records, and Network Servers.

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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

Dec 11, 2009

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,000 affectedView incident

Name: Rick Lawson, Professional Computer Services
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Name: Rick Lawson, Professional Computer Services
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Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,000nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Desktop computerElectronic medical recordNetwork server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1531 Account Access RemovalT1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: PartnerGrudge
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation; CE provided copies of HIPAA security and privacy policies and procedures, and signed BA agreements.
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Breach notification sent to affected individuals, HHS, and media.
Implemented security measures to restrict IT associate access to master system.
Installed new server with no ties to previous BA.
New BA corrected passwords and settings.
Improved physical safeguards.
Retrained employees.
Changes made: Enabled direct controls for the CE.
New server installed with no connection to the previous BA.
Reviewed and updated HIPAA security and privacy policies and procedures.
Signed BA agreements updated with appropriate HIPAA Security Rule assurances.
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: Dec 11, 2009
Raw hash: bed1149af14dcb469374db637861a836cd44b991d57e7bd45f7e7ba1b8d39492

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Reporting entityRick Lawson, Professional Computer Services

Victim entityRick Lawson, Professional Computer Services

IncidentUnauthorized Access

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

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing