MAINEPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 2, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

660

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Eastern Maine Medical Center →2 incidents on file

Eastern Maine Medical Center (ME) reported to HHS on 2018-02-02 a Theft affecting 660 individuals. An unencrypted external computer hard drive, attached to a medical imaging computer, was lost. The device was solely accessed and used by business associate Biosense Webster, Inc. PHI involved included patients' names, dates of birth, dates of service, medical record numbers, procedures, physicians' names, and locations. OCR investigated; the CE updated its Risk Management Plan, implemented new technical safeguards, improved physical security, and retrained staff.

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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

Feb 2, 2018

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed660 affectedView incident

Name: Eastern Maine Medical Center
norm: eastern maine medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Eastern Maine Medical Center
norm: eastern maine medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 660nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation conducted; CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and media
Third party: via Biosense Webster, Inc.

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Offered all affected individuals one free year of identity protection services
Improved physical security within the area where the hard drive was located
Mitigated risks associated with the affected system
Re-examined medical devices across the organization to assess BA-controlled equipment vulnerabilities
Changes made: Created an updated Risk Management Plan
Implemented new technical safeguards
Improved physical security
Retrained staff
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.

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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 2, 2018
Raw hash: 644236e39ed72b06cb312e3783deafc7a04d87de34cc150f546f4edd7b9acd5d

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Reporting entityEastern Maine Medical Center

Victim entityEastern Maine Medical Center

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