ALASKAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCriticalContained

State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jun 28, 2018

Filed

Jun 28, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

942,528

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services →4 incidents on file

State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reported to HHS on 2018-06-28 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 942,528 individuals. Breached information located on Desktop Computer, Email. The incident involved ransomware encryption and data exfiltration of ePHI including names, SSNs, and health insurance data. FBI assisted in the investigation.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time

⚠ filing dateThe stored discovery date equals the regulator filing date, so no genuine detection date was captured.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Jun 28, 2018

Discovered

Jun 28, 2018

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed942,528 affectedView incident

Name: State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
norm: state of alaska department of health and social
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
norm: state of alaska department of health and social
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jun 28, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 942,528nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Desktop computerEmail
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR provided technical assistance on risk analysis, risk management, and security policies and procedures
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Requested and received assistance from the FBI to conduct its investigation
Notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice
Changes made: Updated its security policies and procedures
Sanctioned the responsible employee
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: filing dateThe stored discovery date equals the regulator filing date, so no genuine detection date was captured.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 28, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 28, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 28, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 28, 2018 → 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: Jun 28, 2018
Raw hash: 32447f05e4485918e839837027f2a99caa96e8ac40400b27ac35cc861593cb11

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Reporting entityState of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

Victim entityState of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

Incidentdiscovered Jun 28, 2018

Stated responseRequested and received assistance from the FBI to conduct its investigation

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing