NEW YORKHackingHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryMulti-Stage ChainPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCriticalResolved

EXCELLUS HEALTH PLAN, INC.

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Severity

Critical

Financial impact

$5.10M

Discovered

Dec 23, 2013

Filed

Sep 9, 2015

To disclose

21 months

Affected

9,358,891

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for EXCELLUS HEALTH PLAN, INC. →

Excellus Health Plan, Inc. reported to HHS on 2015-09-09 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 9358891 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. Hackers gained unauthorized access between Dec 23, 2013 and May 11, 2015, installing malware and exfiltrating PHI, SSNs, and financial data. The plan settled with OCR for $5.1 million and implemented a corrective action plan with two years of monitoring.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Dec 23, 2013 → Notified Sep 9, 2015625d ✗ HHS report late21 months discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 months / 625 days

Dec 23, 2013

Begins

Dec 23, 2013

Discovered

Sep 9, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

+77 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed9,358,891 affectedView incident

Name: EXCELLUS HEALTH PLAN, INC.
norm: excellus health plan
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: EXCELLUS HEALTH PLAN, INC.
norm: excellus health plan
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Dec 23, 2013
Breach occurred: Dec 23, 2013 – May 11, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 9, 2015
Affected individuals: 9,358,891nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Paid $5.1 million to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Settled potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Agreed to pay $5.1 million to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
Implemented a corrective action plan
Undertook a corrective action plan that includes two years of monitoring
Changes made: Implemented a corrective action plan
Two years of monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 months(625 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report late · 625dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 23, 2013
→ Notified: Sep 9, 2015
625d 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 23, 2013
→ Notified: Sep 9, 2015
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 23, 2013 → Notified: Sep 9, 2015	625d	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 23, 2013 → Notified: Sep 9, 2015	—	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: Sep 9, 2015
Raw hash: e66c90006250401b557fc5fe0ea0b6fb7e22ea04f2197a8efbb03d7215da250a

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Reporting entityEXCELLUS HEALTH PLAN, INC.

Victim entityEXCELLUS HEALTH PLAN, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 23, 2013

Stated responseAgreed to pay $5.1 million to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing