DisclosureLens
TEXASPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Fort Worth Allergy and Asthma Associates

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 5, 2010

To disclose

—

Affected

25,000

Confidence

97%

Fort Worth Allergy and Asthma Associates (TX, Healthcare Provider) reported to HHS on 2010-08-05 a Theft affecting approximately 25,000 individuals. Several computers, including a server, were stolen in a burglary at the CE's premises. Exposed data included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, diagnoses, and conditions. The CE notified individuals, media, and HHS; improved physical security; and adopted an off-site encrypted database. OCR investigation led to amendment of the CE's business associate agreement.

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 5, 2010

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.Confirmed25,000 affectedView incident

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.