TENNESSEEPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Boston Baskin Cancer Foundation

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 2, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

56,694

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Boston Baskin Cancer Foundation →

Boston Baskin Cancer Foundation (TN) reported to HHS on 2015-02-02 a Theft affecting 56,694 individuals. On December 2, 2014, an employee's laptop and unencrypted external hard drive were stolen. The drive contained ePHI including names, dates of birth, SSNs, addresses, phone numbers, medical record numbers, and dates of service. The CE notified affected individuals and the media, offered credit monitoring, deployed encryption controls, updated mobile device passcode policies, and retrained staff. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action completion. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device.

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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

Dec 2, 2014

Begins

Feb 2, 2015

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed56,694 affectedView incident

Name: Boston Baskin Cancer Foundation
norm: boston baskin cancer
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Boston Baskin Cancer Foundation
norm: boston baskin cancer
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Dec 2, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 56,694nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR obtained assurances that the covered entity implemented corrective actions.
Initial access: removable_media

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
Offered affected individuals complimentary credit monitoring.
Deployed software to prevent downloading of unencrypted documents to portable media.
Implemented policy requiring employees to create passcodes for mobile devices.
Retrained staff and physicians on HIPAA policies.
Changes made: Revised risk management policy.
Established procedures for removal of hardware and electronic media containing ePHI.
Implemented encryption controls for portable media.
OCR-confirmed corrective action plan completed.
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: Feb 2, 2015
Raw hash: 6eba2e07fef74fadd5f63a8f9d7d6173298717d4ee33047e8f424d1e9e756b1b

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Reporting entityBoston Baskin Cancer Foundation

Victim entityBoston Baskin Cancer Foundation

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