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WYOMINGAccidentalHealthcareGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Wyoming Department of Health

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 19, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

11,935

Confidence

94%
Full breach record for Wyoming Department of Health →5 incidents on file

Wyoming Department of Health (a Health Plan) reported to HHS OCR on 2013-12-19 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 11,935 individuals. The CE transferred a WIC benefit program backup database via the internet to a business associate using an unsecured method, potentially disclosing demographic information, dates of birth, gender, and identification numbers stored on a Network Server. Following OCR's investigation, the CE completed an enterprise-wide risk analysis, developed a risk management plan, and restructured organizationally. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.

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

Dec 19, 2013

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.Confirmed11,935 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.