DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Georgetown University Hospital

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 13, 2010

To disclose

—

Affected

2,416

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Georgetown University Hospital →2 incidents on file

Georgetown University Hospital reported to HHS on 2010-05-13 a breach involving theft of an external hard drive containing PHI of 2,416 individuals. The PHI was emailed to an offsite research office and stored on the device. Breached information included names, dates of birth, and clinical information.

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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

May 13, 2010

Filed

—

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.Confirmed2,416 affectedView incident

Name: Georgetown University Hospital
norm: georgetown university hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Georgetown University Hospital
norm: georgetown university hospital
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,416nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: OtherTheft
Where the data lived: EmailPortable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Filed breach notification with HHS OCR

During the incident: Terminated transmission of the PHI to this research office
Gave the responsible employee a verbal warning and counseling
Changes made: Undertook a review of all research affiliations involving PHI of hospital patients to confirm that appropriate documentation and procedures are in place
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: May 13, 2010
Raw hash: 9faac6f73501f1c317f8f934b2ee83e78e0820754b03faa09b19dc85e3654469

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Reporting entityGeorgetown University Hospital

Victim entityGeorgetown University Hospital

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseTerminated transmission of the PHI to this research office

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing