PENNSYLVANIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

University of Pennsylvania Health System

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 16, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

661

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for University of Pennsylvania Health System →4 incidents on file

University of Pennsylvania Health System reported to HHS on 2014-07-16 a Theft affecting 661 individuals. A bag containing a CD-ROM was stolen from a physician's vehicle. The CD-ROM contained names, dates of birth, SSNs, medical histories, and treatment information of approximately 2,046 individuals. The CE filed a police report, notified affected individuals, HHS, and media, and retrained the physician. OCR's investigation resulted in substitute notification and confirmed corrective actions.

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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

Jul 16, 2014

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.Confirmed661 affectedView incident

Name: University of Pennsylvania Health System
norm: university of pennsylvania health system
Domain: pennmedicine.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: University of Pennsylvania Health System
norm: university of pennsylvania health system
Domain: pennmedicine.org
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 661nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
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: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation; covered entity posted substitute notification in local paper and confirmed corrective action steps were taken.

During the incident: Filed police report
Provided breach notification to affected individuals, HHS, and the media
Sanctioned and retrained the physician whose bag was stolen
Implemented organization-wide improvements to Privacy and Security Rule compliance
Posted substitute notification in local paper per OCR investigation
Changes made: Organization-wide compliance improvements to HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules
Sanctioning and retraining of the responsible physician
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: Jul 16, 2014
Raw hash: 79dd7aa6bd516e6d80c6504ae135057bfa6eb2672e39ef574452dc4489a39fcb

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Reporting entityUniversity of Pennsylvania Health System

Victim entityUniversity of Pennsylvania Health System

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseFiled police report

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing