PENNSYLVANIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 1, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

2,939

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Albert Einstein Healthcare Network →4 incidents on file

Einstein Healthcare Network reported to HHS on 2016-04-01 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2939 individuals. Breached information located on Other. Between April 11, 2013 and March 21, 2017, a website form allowed PHI to be accessible via the internet. The CE worked with Google to remove indexed information and conducted a risk assessment and penetration test.

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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

Apr 11, 2013

Begins

Apr 1, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,939 affectedView incident

Name: Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
norm: albert einstein healthcare network
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
norm: albert einstein healthcare network
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Apr 11, 2013 – Mar 21, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,939nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Worked with Google to have the information removed from indexing
Conducted a system wide risk assessment and penetration test to specifically assess for security vulnerabilities on the website
Changed the vendor used for website creation and hosting
Built and tested a new Einstein.edu website
Changes made: Conducted a system wide risk assessment and penetration test to specifically assess for security vulnerabilities on the website
Changed the vendor used for website creation and hosting
Built and tested a new Einstein.edu website
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: Apr 1, 2016
Raw hash: 8e8638df3fd61ace17872e7fee52e9ea477b88a56a4b242b45195f4588467c72

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Reporting entityAlbert Einstein Healthcare Network

Victim entityAlbert Einstein Healthcare Network

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseWorked with Google to have the information removed from indexing

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing