FLORIDAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Nova Southeastern University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 2, 2017

Filed

May 2, 2017

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

8,690

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Nova Southeastern University →6 incidents on file

Nova Southeastern University reported to HHS on 2017-05-02 a Theft affecting 8,690 individuals. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device. Two unencrypted portable drives were stolen from an employee's vehicle on February 28, 2017, exposing names and clinical information.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

Feb 28, 2017

Begins

Mar 2, 2017

Discovered

May 2, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_14fcd2e68be4c2182017-05-01 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_8b400e23f91a09532017-05-01 · +1dVerified

Name: Nova Southeastern University
norm: nova southeastern university
Domain: nova.edu
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Nova Southeastern University
norm: nova southeastern university
Domain: nova.edu
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Mar 2, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 28, 2017
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 8,690nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal

During the incident: The CE provided timely breach notification to HHS, to the affected individuals and to the media
The involved employee resigned
The CE retrained its entire clinical and laboratory workforce on its security policies and best practices
Conducted updated risk analyses
Changes made: Retrained its entire clinical and laboratory workforce on its security policies and best practices
Conducted updated risk analyses
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 2, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 2, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGMay 1 · first

HHS OCR+1d · this page

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 2, 2017
Raw hash: fb6795a403ee92a70e80ae197aa5aea01e45dbc95fe3d12739bc9da5b525c4ef

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNova Southeastern University

Victim entityNova Southeastern University

Incidentdiscovered Mar 2, 2017

Stated responseThe CE provided timely breach notification to HHS, to the affected individuals and to the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing