MISSISSIPPIPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 20, 2011

To disclose

—

Affected

1,797

Confidence

68%

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VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System reported to HHS on 2011-09-20 a Theft affecting 1797 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. The PHI of approximately 1,814 individuals was compromised following office vandalism.

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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 — partial

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Breach window unknown

Sep 20, 2011

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,797 affectedView incident

Name: VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System
norm: va gulf coast veterans health care system
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System
norm: va gulf coast veterans health care system
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,797nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective action listed above

During the incident: VA police at the facility reviewed procedures and continued foot patrols to ensure office doors are locked during non-business hours
Provided additional training to workforce members of the affected department on its physical security policies and procedures to improve safeguards for PHI
Changes made: Continued foot patrols to ensure office doors are locked during non-business hours
Provided additional training to workforce members of the affected department on its physical security policies and procedures to improve safeguards for PHI
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: Sep 20, 2011
Raw hash: e820869bf993a1589a7773b68e6112f8706d75d03772eb3f7054d1fc79fa182b

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Reporting entityVA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System

Victim entityVA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseVA police at the facility reviewed procedures and continued foot patrols to ensure office doors are locked during non-business hours

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing