MARYLANDAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Capital Digestive Care, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 23, 2018

Filed

Apr 23, 2018

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

17,639

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

94%

Full breach record for Capital Digestive Care, Inc. →

Capital Digestive Care, Inc. (MD) reported to HHS on 2018-04-23 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 17,639 individuals. On February 23, 2018, its business associate Laughlin, Marinaccio & Owens, Inc. stored data files on a commercial cloud server without adequate security. The breached information was on the 'Schedule a Visit' and 'Contact' web pages containing PHI. OCR reviewed the CE's risk assessment, policies, and safeguards. Corrective actions were implemented and assurances were obtained by OCR.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks 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 weeks / 59 days

Feb 23, 2018

Begins

Feb 23, 2018

Discovered

Apr 23, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_367930bc70ec3ff42018-04-23Verified
Montana State AGbd_4586cfe7b207d1a92018-04-23Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b115ae770aa60ed72018-04-23Verified

Name: Capital Digestive Care, Inc.
norm: capital digestive care
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Capital Digestive Care, Inc.
norm: capital digestive care
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Feb 23, 2018
Breach occurred: Feb 23, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 17,639nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR reviewed risk assessment, policies and procedures on uses and disclosures of PHI and safeguardsOCR reviewed security measures implemented to address risks and vulnerabilitiesOCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented
Third party: via Laughlin, Marinaccio & Owens, Inc.

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Provided copy of relevant BA agreement to OCR
Implemented corrective actions as listed by OCR
Changes made: Corrective actions implemented per OCR assurances
Review of BA agreement and security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 23, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 23, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 23, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 23, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGApr 23 · first

Montana State AGApr 23 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 23 · first

HHS OCRApr 23 · first · this page

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: Apr 23, 2018
Raw hash: 529e86a2f9edadc9765d7859040148f02521696d11058192386fc1ebcc2da915

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCapital Digestive Care, Inc.

Victim entityCapital Digestive Care, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 23, 2018

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing