MARYLANDPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 9, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

571

Confidence

97%

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The Johns Hopkins Hospital (MD) reported to HHS OCR on 2015-10-09 the theft of an unencrypted physician laptop at an international airport, exposing ePHI of 571 individuals. Data included physician names, patient names, medical record numbers, and clinical information. The CE notified affected individuals, offered credit monitoring, sanctioned the physician, and reinforced encryption policies. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action implementation.

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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

Oct 9, 2015

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.Confirmed571 affectedView incident

Name: The Johns Hopkins Hospital
norm: the johns hopkins hospital
Domain: hopkinsmedicine.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: The Johns Hopkins Hospital
norm: the johns hopkins hospital
Domain: hopkinsmedicine.org
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 9, 2015
Affected individuals: 571nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that portable devices storing ePHI are required to use the CE's encryption program.CE submitted a copy of its most recent risk analysis and risk management program to OCR.OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, media, and affected individuals.
Credit monitoring offered to affected individuals.
Physician sanctioned in accordance with the CE's HIPAA sanctions policy.
Broadcast reminder circulated to workforce requiring all PHI-containing devices to be encrypted and password protected.
New encryption program implemented to alert users when out of compliance and refer them to local IT administration.
Risk analysis and risk management program submitted to OCR.
Changes made: All portable devices storing ePHI required to use CE's encryption program.
New encryption compliance notification system deployed.
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: Oct 9, 2015
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: Oct 9, 2015	—	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: Oct 9, 2015
Raw hash: 2e42b265799344343eef56ca8d745f9428dbf690a16ad817b9c7c345d7c9057a

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Reporting entityThe Johns Hopkins Hospital

Victim entityThe Johns Hopkins Hospital

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, media, and affected individuals.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing