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Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics

Disclosed Jan 24, 201115 years ago4,486 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

An unencrypted laptop was stolen from an employee offsite. The laptop contained the PHI of 4,486 patients. The protected health information involved in the breach contained names, addresses and procedure codes. Following the breach, the CE filed a police report, notified affected patients and notified the media. Following the discovery of the breach, the covered entity encrypted all existing laptops and implemented a policy requiring all future purchased laptops to be encrypted prior to being issued for use. \

What is known

People affected4,486 (as reported to HHS)
DisclosedJan 24, 2011
AttackLost or stolen device
Data exposedNames, Health
SectorHealthcare · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
HHS archivetotalJan 24, 20114,486

Other breaches at Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics

BreachAffected
Disclosed Dec 9, 2022Dec 9, 20223 years agoHacking1,354
Disclosed May 29, 2020May 29, 20206 years agoInsider6,033
History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

First seen 2026-09-25 (HHS archive), confirmed by HHS OCR. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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