NEW JERSEYAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

BioReference Laboratories Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 14, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

1,772

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for BioReference Laboratories Inc. →5 incidents on file

BioReference Laboratories, Inc. reported to HHS on 2017-04-14 an Improper Disposal affecting 1,772 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. An employee improperly disposed of documents containing PHI including names, DOBs, addresses, SSNs, and health insurance info. The entity offered credit monitoring and retrained staff.

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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

Apr 14, 2017

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.Confirmed1,772 affectedView incident

Name: BioReference Laboratories Inc.
norm: bioreference laboratories
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: BioReference Laboratories Inc.
norm: bioreference laboratories
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,772nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services to affected individuals
Sanctioned the employee responsible
Retrained all employees on securely maintaining, safeguarding, and disposing of PHI
Changes made: Retrained all employees on securely maintaining, safeguarding, and disposing of PHI
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: Apr 14, 2017
Raw hash: 156a09d646d6f292a74a9bb6b582b11bac2219e53c523d1ff12218aefc391506

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Reporting entityBioReference Laboratories Inc.

Victim entityBioReference Laboratories Inc.

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing