TEXASPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

City of Georgetown Fire Department

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 31, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

1,336

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for City of Georgetown Fire Department →

City of Georgetown Fire Department reported to HHS on 2019-05-31 a Loss affecting 1,336 individuals. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device. An unencrypted tablet containing ePHI (names, addresses, birthdates, SSNs, driver's license numbers, diagnoses, health insurance info) was missing. The entity notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services.

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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 31, 2019

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.Confirmed1,336 affectedView incident

Name: City of Georgetown Fire Department
norm: city of georgetown fire department
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: City of Georgetown Fire Department
norm: city of georgetown fire department
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,336nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
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: Notified HHSOCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding key aspects of the HIPAA Security Rule

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Received technical assistance from OCR regarding key aspects of the HIPAA Security Rule
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 31, 2019
Raw hash: 9c6f30bda1e949e61a8e7cdf2019f9e9cf492c1d2095129ac417d48d6cdd3ca4

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Reporting entityCity of Georgetown Fire Department

Victim entityCity of Georgetown Fire Department

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing