FLORIDAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial accountMedium

Brevard Physician Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 24, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

7,976

Confidence

50%

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Brevard Physician Associates reported a theft of three computers from its facility, one of which contained protected health information for 7,976 individuals. The data included names, clinical information, and insurance details. In response, the company initiated procedures to remotely wipe the stolen computer's hard drive, pledged to encrypt data on all its computers, and enhanced physical security with surveillance cameras and locks.

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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

Oct 24, 2017

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed7,976 affectedView incident

Name: Brevard Physician Associates
norm: brevard physician associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Brevard Physician Associates
norm: brevard physician associates
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 7,976nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Initiated procedures to remotely wipe the contents of the stolen computer’s hard drives once they connect to the Internet.
Changes made: Pledged to begin encrypting data at rest on all of their computers.
Installed a number of additional physical safeguards such as surveillance cameras and locks to deter and prevent unauthorized access.
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: Oct 24, 2017
Raw hash: 0194972417803905e33cbd94401e4be039c723a3c0f26c949ef54056787126c1

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Reporting entityBrevard Physician Associates

Victim entityBrevard Physician Associates

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseInitiated procedures to remotely wipe the contents of the stolen computer’s hard drives once they connect to the Internet.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing