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Georgia Health Sciences University

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Georgia Health Sciences University reported to HHS on 2012-03-15 a Theft affecting 513 individuals. On January 19, 2012, an employee discovered her laptop was stolen from the front porch of her home. The laptop contained ePHI of 513 patients including names, dates of birth, and health data. The laptop was password-protected but not encrypted. In response, the CE encrypted all employee laptops, implemented mobile device and remote access policies, updated data backup policies, and trained staff on HIPAA policies. OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified8 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.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed513 affectedView incident

Source provenance

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: Mar 15, 2012
Raw hash: b9ee92f6ee62a988b65e4b2fae6230fd30fbe15a5f26a9d3c412a1f53051f1dc

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: Georgia Health Sciences University
norm: georgia health sciences university
Industry: Health Care Services

Victim entity

Name: Georgia Health Sciences University
norm: georgia health sciences university
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Incident

Discovered: Jan 19, 2012
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 513
Data types: HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASIC
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach notification submittedOCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented

Compliance

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS 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: Jan 19, 2012
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 19, 2012 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.