SOUTH CAROLINAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDCriticalResolved

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

May 27, 2011

To disclose

—

Affected

400,000

Confidence

97%

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Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System (SC) reported to HHS on 2011-05-27 a Theft affecting 400,000 individuals. Three unencrypted desktop computers and one unencrypted laptop were stolen from an IT employee's vehicle during an unauthorized home stop while transporting equipment. PHI of 402,647 patients was exposed, including names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. Breached information located on Desktop Computer. OCR obtained assurances of corrective actions including full-disk encryption, policy updates, and employee sanctions.

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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

May 27, 2011

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.Confirmed400,000 affectedView incident

Name: Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
norm: spartanburg regional healthcare system
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
norm: spartanburg regional healthcare system
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 400,000nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented corrective actions

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Offered affected individuals one year of free credit monitoring
Revised new employee and upper management orientation materials for HIPAA
Encrypted all hard drives on computers
Updated policies and procedures regarding electronic data and use of company vehicles
Began distributing an information security newsletter to employees
Sanctioned the involved employee for violating computer equipment handling policy
Changes made: Full-disk encryption deployed across all computers
Updated HIPAA training materials
Revised electronic data and vehicle-use policies
Employee security newsletter launched
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: May 27, 2011
Raw hash: cc5dee4c80868372ce86be946e72353bd8061a0ae68fce6032f8011e9624bbff

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Reporting entitySpartanburg Regional Healthcare System

Victim entitySpartanburg Regional Healthcare 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