IOWASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Scott County, Iowa

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 28, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

4,336

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Scott County, Iowa →2 incidents on file

Scott County, Iowa reported to HHS on 2025-02-28 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 4336 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee was targeted by a phishing scheme compromising PHI including names, SSNs, and medical data. The entity enforced MFA and increased security training.

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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

Feb 28, 2025

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.Confirmed4,336 affectedView incident

Name: Scott County, Iowa
norm: scott county iowa
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Scott County, Iowa
norm: scott county iowa
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,336nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified HHSOCR provided the CE with technical assistance
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Enforced its multi-factor authentication
Increased its workforce security awareness training
Increased its threat protections to better protect its electronic PHI
Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Enforced its multi-factor authentication
Increased its workforce security awareness training
Increased its threat protections to better protect its electronic PHI
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: Feb 28, 2025
Raw hash: 726e430098452e440e1ac81de546002dea2ca8b03dc59a8763383517d84bc34f

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Reporting entityScott County, Iowa

Victim entityScott County, Iowa

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseEnforced its multi-factor authentication

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing