OHIOPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumResolved

THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 19, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

604

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION →2 incidents on file

Cleveland Clinic Foundation (OH) reported to HHS on 2019-08-19 a Loss affecting 604 individuals. A password-protected and encrypted portable hard drive was lost or misplaced. PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, conducted an exhaustive search, sanctioned the responsible employee, and implemented additional administrative safeguards.

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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

Aug 19, 2019

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_193acf6b6eda963d2019-08-19Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d5fb2e61a8e431c82019-08-20 · +1dVerified

Name: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
norm: the cleveland clinic
Domain: my.clevelandclinic.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
norm: the cleveland clinic
Domain: my.clevelandclinic.org
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 604nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
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 HHS
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Conducted exhaustive search to locate the missing hard drive
Sanctioned the responsible employee
Implemented additional administrative safeguards
Changes made: Employee sanction applied
Additional administrative safeguards implemented to better protect data
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.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 19 · first

HHS OCRAug 19 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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: Aug 19, 2019
Raw hash: 4d745103df6bff34fb55fcd7364d488f651f119f4fe386a40ee03bd85578a66f

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION

Victim entityTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing