DisclosureLens
FLORIDAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

University of Miami

bd_edd3aa8b661b9599 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 30, 2012

To disclose

—

Affected

1,219

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for University of Miami →8 incidents on file

University of Miami reported to HHS on 2012-01-30 a Theft affecting 1,219 individuals. An unencrypted USB drive was stolen from a pathologist's vehicle; the drive contained ePHI including names, ages, diagnoses, and treatment information. Breached information was located on an Other Portable Electronic Device. The CE notified HHS, patients, and the media; offered credit monitoring; ceased relations with the pathologist (an independent contractor); and retrained personnel on encryption and data protection. OCR obtained assurances that all corrective actions were completed.

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

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Jan 30, 2012

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.Confirmed1,219 affectedView incident

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.