CALIFORNIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Riverside County Regional Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 18, 2014

Filed

Jun 24, 2014

To disclose

6 days

Affected

563

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Riverside County Regional Medical Center →2 incidents on file

Riverside County Regional Medical Center (CA) reported to HHS on 2014-06-24 a Theft affecting 563 individuals. On or around June 18, 2014, a laptop used with an EMG machine was lost or stolen. The laptop contained ePHI including patient names, medical record numbers, dates of birth, ages, genders, heights/weights, clinical data, and study reports. OCR investigated this breach jointly with two additional lost/stolen laptop incidents within six months. The CE implemented corrective actions including encryption, physical security improvements, and process changes.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time6 days discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 days

Jun 18, 2014

Begins

Jun 18, 2014

Discovered

Jun 24, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_cf9ab943a4df7d5d2014-06-24Verified by operator

Name: Riverside County Regional Medical Center
norm: riverside county regional medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Riverside County Regional Medical Center
norm: riverside county regional medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jun 18, 2014
Breach occurred: Jun 18, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 563nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation; OCR obtained assurances of corrective actions and provided technical assistance on HIPAA Security Rule requirements.

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Reported incident to local law enforcement
Encrypted the laptop
Locked the department during non-business hours
Changed EMG data transfer processes
Addressed gaps in security management program
OCR investigated jointly with two additional lost/stolen laptop incidents within a six-month period
Changes made: Encrypted laptops
Physical security improvements (locked department during non-business hours)
Revised EMG data transfer processes
Strengthened security management program to further safeguard ePHI
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 days(6 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 18, 2014
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 18, 2014
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 18, 2014 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 18, 2014 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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California State AGJun 24 · first

HHS OCRJun 24 · first · 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: Jun 24, 2014
Raw hash: 6e3f9648f0f9aa2602e48d4f0a0857d333cf381c848f7f39ebb198891a694d91

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRiverside County Regional Medical Center

Victim entityRiverside County Regional Medical Center

Incidentdiscovered Jun 18, 2014

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing