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IOWAHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Iowa Veterans Home

bd_1579d68db463c2b1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 13, 2017

Filed

Apr 21, 2017

To disclose

8 days

Affected

2,969

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Iowa Veterans Home

Iowa Veterans Home reported to HHS on 2017-04-21 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2969 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Employees provided credentials in response to a phishing email.

HIPAA clockDiscovered Apr 13, 2017Notified Apr 21, 20178d HHS report on time8 days 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 · 8 days

Apr 13, 2017

Begins

Apr 13, 2017

Discovered

Apr 21, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,969 affectedView incident

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.