SOUTH CAROLINAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Lancaster County EMS

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 4, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

50,000

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Lancaster County EMS →

Lancaster County EMS (Lancaster County, SC) reported to HHS on 2015-06-04 an Improper Disposal breach affecting 50,000 individuals. A safe containing two unencrypted flash drives and two unencrypted hard drives went missing from the CE's administration building. PHI on the missing media included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medications, medical histories, treatment records, and health insurance information for approximately 55,000 individuals. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device. OCR obtained assurances of 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

Jun 4, 2015

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.Confirmed50,000 affectedView incident

Name: Lancaster County EMS
norm: lancaster county ems
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Lancaster County EMS
norm: lancaster county ems
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 50,000nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — corrective action plan accepted; assurances obtained by OCR

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, 55,000 affected individuals, and media
Implemented universal controls to ensure only CE devices can connect to its network
Implemented security controls and physical safeguards to restrict access to server room
Implemented video security system monitoring of server room
Changes made: Universal network device controls implemented
Physical access controls added to server room
Video surveillance installed in server room
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: Jun 4, 2015
Raw hash: 8902b5e94710bdda61e0ca8b55f5307c707fea51b6b2c6d58366b6ec76a5e1ae

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Reporting entityLancaster County EMS

Victim entityLancaster County EMS

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, 55,000 affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing