TENNESSEEPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountPIIHighResolved

Memphis Pathology Laboratory

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 14, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

67,895

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Memphis Pathology Laboratory →2 incidents on file

Memphis Pathology Laboratory d/b/a American Esoteric Laboratory reported to HHS on 2017-12-14 a Theft affecting 67,895 individuals. A laptop belonging to an employee was stolen on October 15, 2017. The laptop contained billing emails with patient names, addresses, dates of birth, SSNs, diagnoses, test names/codes, insurance claims, and financial information. Breached information located on a Laptop. The CE revised its incident response process, implemented security improvements, and sanctioned the employee involved.

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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

Oct 15, 2017

Begins

Dec 14, 2017

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed67,895 affectedView incident

Name: Memphis Pathology Laboratory
norm: memphis pathology laboratory
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Memphis Pathology Laboratory
norm: memphis pathology laboratory
Industry: Health Care Services
Also named: Memphis Pathology Laboratorydba oflegal entity
American Esoteric Laboratorydba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Oct 15, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 67,895nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountPII
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; OCR obtained assurances of corrective actions

During the incident: Reviewed and revised security incident response process
Implemented technical and administrative security improvements
Sanctioned the employee involved
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, the media, and on its website
Changes made: Revised security incident response process
Technical security improvements implemented
Administrative security improvements implemented
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 14, 2017
Raw hash: 54a03290f8a6983dab6104643cfa39311e598a3b0d32c6f461946eff3a47981d

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Reporting entityMemphis Pathology Laboratory

Victim entityMemphis Pathology Laboratory

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseReviewed and revised security incident response process

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing