KENTUCKYMalwareHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighContained

Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 3, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

2,062

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services →2 incidents on file

Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) reported to HHS on 2023-12-03 a Hacking/IT Incident (ransomware attack via business associate) affecting 2,062 individuals. Breached information was located on a Network Server. PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, claims information, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE provided credit monitoring, notified affected individuals and media, and the CE and BA implemented additional safeguards.

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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

Dec 3, 2023

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,062 affectedView incident

Name: Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
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Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
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Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,062nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified

During the incident: Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Provided substitute notice
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: CE and BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
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: Dec 3, 2023
Raw hash: 76e4e232f826f966d4ce635d1391ef3469af1ec77b8933dd6d03bcec1006da9f

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Reporting entityKentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services

Victim entityKentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing