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NEW YORKAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDHealth (basic)Identity (basic)HighResolved

Group Health Cooperative

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 2, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

1,771

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for Group Health Cooperative →5 incidents on file

Group Health Incorporated (NY, Health Plan) reported to HHS on 2013-01-02 a Theft/accidental disclosure affecting 1,771 individuals. PHI — including social security numbers embedded in a series of numbers — was exposed on the outside of postcard reminders mailed to subscribers. OCR investigated; the CE suspended mailings, modified procedures to eliminate SSNs from outbound mail, retrained staff, and provided one year of free credit monitoring to affected individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films.

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

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Jan 2, 2013

Filed

—

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.Confirmed1,771 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.