PENNSYLVANIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

AssuranceMD f/k/a Harbor Group

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 7, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

22,000

Confidence

68%

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AssuranceMD f/k/a Harbor Group reported to HHS on 2013-05-07 a Theft affecting 22000 individuals. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device. An unsecured hard drive containing ePHI was lost in transit between AssuranceMD and a subcontracted EMR storage company. Data included names, diagnoses, lab results, addresses, DOB, and SSNs.

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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

May 7, 2013

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.Confirmed22,000 affectedView incident

Name: AssuranceMD f/k/a Harbor Group
norm: assurancemd f k a harbor
Industry: Business Associate

Name: AssuranceMD f/k/a Harbor Group
norm: assurancemd f k a harbor
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 22,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the corrective action steps listed above were completed
Third party: via subcontracted electronic medical records storage companybusiness associate

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS and affected individuals
Updated his HIPAA policies and procedures
Changes made: Updated his HIPAA policies and procedures
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: May 7, 2013
Raw hash: b17b71e30a955c9ceac691c9e8a3faee7d48c60c3a21de8d994891a51e0f2984

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Reporting entityAssuranceMD f/k/a Harbor Group

Victim entityAssuranceMD f/k/a Harbor Group

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS and affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing