NEW YORKHackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Weill Cornell Medical College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 7, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

3,936

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Weill Cornell Medical College reported to HHS on 2014-11-07 a Theft affecting 3936 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record, Laptop. A former faculty member impermissibly accessed 3,936 patients’ protected health information (PHI) from the covered entity's (CE) electronic health record (EHR) system by using login credentials of an unknowing employee. The types of PHI accessed included clinical and demographic information.

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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

Oct 17, 2013

Begins

Nov 7, 2014

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0e68e8e54e5ce4872014-11-13 · +6dVerified

Name: Weill Cornell Medical College
norm: weill cornell medical college
Domain: weillcornell.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Weill Cornell Medical College
norm: weill cornell medical college
Domain: weillcornell.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Oct 17, 2013 – Mar 21, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,936nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Electronic medical recordLaptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Strengthened its password policy
Implemented multifactor authentication for access to systems containing sensitive information
Reconfigured alerts to further detect suspicious activity
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals and the media
Changes made: Revised its policies to ensure all devices that contain its data are encrypted
Clearly identify responsibilities for ensuring password compliance
Require password expiration
Created a new policy outlining the requirements for security systems
Created a sanctions policy to allow IT to restrict network access for systems that pose a serious threat or impact to the CE’s network
Conduct a risk analysis
Implement a corresponding remediation plan
Ensure the implementation of policies and procedures relating to information system activity review
Security incident response and reporting
Access and audit controls
Creating/maintaining retrievable exact copies of ePHI
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRNov 7 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Nov 7 (NY), last Nov 13 (MA) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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: Nov 7, 2014
Raw hash: 22a42100227d68edfbbf98ae529a351273bac0394103390e711594ae5203192d

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWeill Cornell Medical College

Victim entityWeill Cornell Medical College

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseStrengthened its password policy

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing