WEST VIRGINIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Medium

West Virginia University Hospitals-East, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 24, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

7,445

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for West Virginia University Hospitals-East, Inc. →

West Virginia University Hospitals-East, Inc. DBA University Healthcare reported to HHS on 2017-02-24 a theft affecting 7,445 individuals. An employee involved in the patient admission process was charged with identity theft, aggravated identity theft, and bank fraud after stealing patient demographic and clinical information from the electronic medical record system.

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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 24, 2017

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.Confirmed7,445 affectedView incident

Name: West Virginia University Hospitals-East, Inc.
norm: west virginia university hospitals east
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: West Virginia University Hospitals-East, Inc.
norm: west virginia university hospitals east
Industry: Health Care Services
Also named: West Virginia University Hospitals-East, Inc.dba oflegal entity
University Healthcaredba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 7,445nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: InternalFinancial

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: Feb 24, 2017
Raw hash: 7687cbcf0a1a995b424aae2e7399407ef01bcaa9c6dfc9cf27fdf445d7f833b1

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Reporting entityWest Virginia University Hospitals-East, Inc.

Victim entityWest Virginia University Hospitals-East, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing