NEW YORKPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 26, 2011

To disclose

—

Affected

2,600

Confidence

96%

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NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases Inventory Management Department reported to HHS on 2011-09-26 a Theft affecting 2,600 individuals. A box of 2,600 paper tissue-implant records was discarded by a waste disposal contractor when not properly secured; documents were buried in an out-of-state landfill. PHI of 2,239 individuals included names, dates of birth, surgery dates, surgeon names, procedures, and tissue serial numbers. Breached information located on Paper/Films. OCR investigation resulted in locked storage, staff retraining, and a HIPAA compliance review plan.

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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

Sep 26, 2011

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.Confirmed2,600 affectedView incident

Name: NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases
norm: nyu hospital for joint diseases
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases
norm: nyu hospital for joint diseases
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,600nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation completed; CE required to improve physical safeguards and conduct HIPAA compliance reviews

During the incident: Contacted waste disposal contractor upon discovery
Determined documents were discarded and buried in out-of-state landfill
Notified HHS, media, and affected individuals
Posted substitute notice on website
Changes made: Tissue records stored in locked cabinet with management-controlled keys
Employees involved in incident counseled
All staff retrained on PHI safeguarding policies and procedures
HIPAA compliance review plan implemented covering physical access and security risks
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: Sep 26, 2011
Raw hash: 7e14bd164439229ecf961c0ad0e2b0c334c41bfaa944e9c1739012f7a6cb1f3b

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Reporting entityNYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Victim entityNYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseContacted waste disposal contractor upon discovery

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing