NORTH CAROLINAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

The Outer Banks Hospital

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 19, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

1,000

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for The Outer Banks Hospital →

Outer Banks Hospital (NC) reported to HHS on 2016-08-19 the loss of two unencrypted USB flash drives containing PHI of approximately 1,000 individuals during a facility move. Exposed data included names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Corrective actions included workforce retraining, deployment of download-prevention technology, auto-encryption for portable media, and updated physical acquisition procedures. OCR obtained assurances of full remediation.

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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, 2016

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.Confirmed1,000 affectedView incident

Name: The Outer Banks Hospital
norm: the outer banks hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: The Outer Banks Hospital
norm: the outer banks hospital
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,000nationwide
Data types: Health (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: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented corrective actions

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Retrained workforce on appropriate portable device and media storage practices
Deployed technology on all workstations to detect and prevent PHI from being downloaded to portable storage media
Implemented auto-encryption technology for portable storage media
Drafted new procedure for physical practice acquisitions including more thorough privacy and security risk assessment
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: Aug 19, 2016
Raw hash: aea2af29293be79c9f2705d2f994b48d6c60650332bf0a71657543167cdb32e2

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Reporting entityThe Outer Banks Hospital

Victim entityThe Outer Banks Hospital

IncidentUnauthorized Access

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

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing