ALABAMAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareError OtherCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Locust Fork Pharmacy

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 15, 2016

Filed

Feb 26, 2016

To disclose

11 days

Affected

5,000

Confidence

68%

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Locust Fork Pharmacy reported to HHS on 2016-02-26 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 5000 individuals. Breached information located on Other. On February 15, 2016, the entity discovered a broken lock on a storage unit containing boxes of records for approximately 5,000 individuals. PHI included names, addresses, and birth dates. All boxes remained sealed and none were missing. The entity worked with local police, updated policies, notified HHS, and posted media notices.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time11 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 days

Feb 15, 2016

Discovered

Feb 26, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5,000 affectedView incident

Name: Locust Fork Pharmacy
norm: locust fork pharmacy
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Locust Fork Pharmacy
norm: locust fork pharmacy
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Feb 15, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above

During the incident: Worked with local police in the investigation of the incident
Updated its policies and procedures related to breach response, breach mitigation, and physical security of the storage unit
Provided breach notification to HHS
Posted media notice in its geographic area for two weeks in March 2016
Changes made: Updated its policies and procedures related to breach response, breach mitigation, and physical security of the storage unit
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 days(11 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 15, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 15, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 15, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 15, 2016 → 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 26, 2016
Raw hash: c95297dcf60231703837627c9a309bc659f63df596f79de613f605fd2b9cb2ae

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Reporting entityLocust Fork Pharmacy

Victim entityLocust Fork Pharmacy

Incidentdiscovered Feb 15, 2016

Stated responseWorked with local police in the investigation of the incident

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing