PhysicalHealthcareManufacturingHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Empi Inc and DJO, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 7, 2014

Filed

Dec 26, 2014

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Empi Inc and DJO, LLC →2 incidents on file

DJO, LLC/Empi, Inc. disclosed the theft of a password-protected laptop containing patient health information (PHI) from a locked car in Roseville, MN. The laptop was stolen on November 7, 2014, and recovered/deleted on November 21, 2014. Affected data included patient names, phone numbers, diagnosis codes, product details, surgery dates, and provider information. Social Security numbers and credit card data were not involved. The company offered one year of Experian ProtectMyID Elite identity protection.

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California clockDiscovered Nov 7, 2014 → Notified Dec 24, 201447d ✓ CA 60-day OK7 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Nov 7, 2014

Begins

Nov 7, 2014

Discovered

Dec 26, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Empi Inc and DJO, LLC
norm: empi inc and djo

Name: Empi Inc and DJO, LLC
norm: empi inc and djo
Industry: HealthcarellmManufacturingllm

Discovered: Nov 7, 2014
Breach occurred: Nov 7, 2014 – Nov 21, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 24, 2014
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium

During the incident: Conducted a thorough investigation
Filed a police report with the Roseville, MN Police Department
Changes made: Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian's ProtectMyID Elite
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 47d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Nov 7, 2014
→ Notified: Dec 24, 2014
47d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Nov 7, 2014 → Notified: Dec 24, 2014	47d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-47856
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 26, 2014
Raw hash: f8b3e65aa2d5b1165d52bad271091a32b8a0f3a78e5db11ef8e259d933278b25

Reporting entityEmpi Inc and DJO, LLC

Victim entityEmpi Inc and DJO, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Nov 7, 2014

Stated responseConducted a thorough investigation

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov