FLORIDAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Financial accountIdentity (basic)MediumResolved

University of Miami

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 27, 2013

Filed

Feb 12, 2014

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected

13,074

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for University of Miami →7 incidents on file

University of Miami Health System reported to HHS on 2014-02-12 a Loss affecting 13,074 individuals. On or around June 27, 2013, the CE learned from Iron Mountain (its BA) that 15 boxes of PHI were lost during a transfer between storage/shredding vendors. The boxes contained billing and research records with financial and clinical information. Breached information located on Paper/Films. OCR obtained assurances of corrective actions including retraining, revised procedures, a new HIPAA Privacy Officer, and implementation of the Fair Warning System.

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HIPAA clock✗ HHS report late33 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 33 weeks / 230 days

Jun 27, 2013

Begins

Jun 27, 2013

Discovered

Feb 12, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed13,074 affectedView incident

Name: University of Miami
norm: university of miami
Domain: miami.edu
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: University of Miami
norm: university of miami
Domain: miami.edu
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jun 27, 2013
Breach occurred: Jun 27, 2013
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 13,074nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Financial accountIdentity (basic)
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented corrective actions
Third party: via Iron Mountain

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Posted substitute notice on website
Offered credit monitoring and identity theft protection to all affected individuals
Reviewed BA's processes for transfer, pick up, and storage of records
Revised procedures for safeguarding archived PHI
Required BA to re-train all personnel who handle CE's data
Re-trained workforce on HIPAA Privacy and Security policies and procedures
Hired a new HIPAA Privacy Officer
Revised procedures for retaining records to avoid sending billing information to off-site storage
Developed a new sanctions policy specific to privacy violations
Implemented Fair Warning System, a cloud-based security solution
Changes made: Iron Mountain re-trained all personnel handling CE data
CE revised off-site storage procedures for billing records
Implemented Fair Warning System (cloud-based security)
New HIPAA Privacy Officer hired
New sanctions policy for privacy violations developed
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 33 weeks(230 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report lateHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 27, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 27, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 27, 2013 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 27, 2013 → 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: Feb 12, 2014
Raw hash: 06cd8f31ede272008a514a01f1b0c2e5ae2315094f94ea1e9148c86867d1cfcb

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Reporting entityUniversity of Miami

Victim entityUniversity of Miami

Incidentdiscovered Jun 27, 2013

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing