PENNSYLVANIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Washington Health System

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 1, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

4,145

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Washington Health System →2 incidents on file

Washington Health System Greene reported to HHS on 2017-12-01 a Theft affecting 4145 individuals. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device. An external computer hard drive for a bone densitometry machine was missing, exposing demographic and clinical PHI. The entity improved physical safeguards and stopped using such machines.

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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

Dec 1, 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.Confirmed4,145 affectedView incident

Name: Washington Health System
norm: washington health system
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Washington Health System
norm: washington health system
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,145nationwide
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
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR reviewed the CE’s policies to ensure compliance with the Privacy and Security Rules

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Improved physical safeguards
Stopped using bone densitometry machines with external hard drives
Performed a new security risk analysis that focused on risks to mobile devices containing PHI
Changes made: Improved physical safeguards
Stopped using bone densitometry machines with external hard drives
Performed a new security risk analysis that focused on risks to mobile devices containing PHI
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: Dec 1, 2017
Raw hash: 04b5f33caee90361b41cc1edd04e871bfd7a13196b88fc7aff5397fe5b2af366

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Reporting entityWashington Health System

Victim entityWashington Health System

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing