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

Ventura County Health Care Agency

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 6, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

1,339

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Ventura County Health Care Agency →2 incidents on file

Ventura County Health Care Agency (CA) reported to HHS on 2015-05-06 a Loss affecting 1,339 individuals. A backpack containing documents for 1,399 patients was left at an elementary school after it was stolen from an employee's car. PHI involved included names, balances owed, and internal account numbers. All files were intact. The CE sanctioned the responsible workforce member, retrained staff, and provided OCR with written assurance of refresher HIPAA Privacy reminders. Breached information was on Paper/Films.

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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 6, 2015

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.Confirmed1,339 affectedView incident

Name: Ventura County Health Care Agency
norm: ventura county health care agency
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Ventura County Health Care Agency
norm: ventura county health care agency
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,339nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notifiedHIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices Policy submitted to OCRWritten assurance of refresher training provided to OCR

During the incident: Breach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and media
Notice posted on entity website
Workforce member sanctioned
Staff retrained on HIPAA policies and procedures
Refresher reminders provided to all staff regarding HIPAA Privacy policies
Changes made: Staff sanctioned and retrained
Refresher reminders issued to all staff on HIPAA Privacy policies and procedures
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 6, 2015
Raw hash: 51ca3c9081b60d54a61b7f5235bb7acfa4b11f7a514827e4fd7bbadc938c028c

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Reporting entityVentura County Health Care Agency

Victim entityVentura County Health Care Agency

IncidentUnauthorized Access

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

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing