FLORIDAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Pinellas County

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 21, 2016

Filed

Nov 18, 2016

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

2,800

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Pinellas County →

Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners reported to HHS on 2016-11-18 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2800 individuals. Breached information located on Email. The entity posted a file containing PHI (dates of birth, employee IDs, dental plan elections) on an external website accessible by vendors. The entity notified HHS, individuals, and media, altered vendor solicitation procedures to exclude PHI, and retrained staff.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks 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 · 8 weeks / 58 days

Sep 21, 2016

Discovered

Nov 18, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,800 affectedView incident

Name: Pinellas County
norm: pinellas county
Domain: pinellas.legistar.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Pinellas County
norm: pinellas county
Domain: pinellas.legistar.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Sep 21, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,800nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage Object
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Altered its procedure for soliciting bids from vendors such that PHI is no longer involved
Retrained its workforce
Sanctioned the responsible employee
Changes made: Altered its procedure for soliciting bids from vendors such that PHI is no longer involved
Retrained its workforce
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 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: Sep 21, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 21, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 21, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 21, 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: Nov 18, 2016
Raw hash: ae278c7aa354cd4671345fae8df6f08e624d2addb374667a38f90baf24b44ad6

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Reporting entityPinellas County

Victim entityPinellas County

Incidentdiscovered Sep 21, 2016

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing