NEW YORKAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

BronxCare Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 25, 2013

Filed

Oct 25, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

37,000

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for BronxCare Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center →

Martin Luther King Jr. Health Center, Inc. reported to HHS on 2013-10-25 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 37000 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. A subcontractor to business associate PTC misconfigured a server, exposing patient records (names, DOB, diagnoses) to search engines. The CE engaged forensic consultants, worked with Google to remove cached data, and terminated the relationship with PTC.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time

⚠ filing dateThe stored discovery date equals the regulator filing date, so no genuine detection date was captured.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Oct 25, 2013

Discovered

Oct 25, 2013

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed37,000 affectedView incident

Name: BronxCare Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center
norm: bronxcare dr martin luther king jr health center
Domain: mlkhealthcenter.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: BronxCare Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center
norm: bronxcare dr martin luther king jr health center
Domain: mlkhealthcenter.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 25, 2013
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 37,000nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Professional Transaction Services (PTC)business associate

During the incident: Initiated an investigation
Engaged a technical consultant to conduct forensic analyses
Worked with Google to remove the PHI from the Google caches
Terminated its relationship with PTC and engaged a new transcription company
Changes made: Implemented the corrective actions listed
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: filing dateThe stored discovery date equals the regulator filing date, so no genuine detection date was captured.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 25, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 25, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 25, 2013 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 25, 2013 → 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: Oct 25, 2013
Raw hash: 67550b70f5f5f09b4b0e23e49719e020463a6ffededf5147b2d99d93d14ee08f

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Reporting entityBronxCare Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center

Victim entityBronxCare Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center

Incidentdiscovered Oct 25, 2013

Stated responseInitiated an investigation

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing