ILLINOISHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Northwest Essex Community Healthcare Network

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 18, 2016

Filed

Oct 7, 2016

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

540

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Northwest Essex Community Healthcare Network →

Northwest Community Healthcare reported to HHS on 2016-10-07 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 540 individuals. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device. A business associate left an FTP port open, exposing patient PHI (names, DOB, SSN) on the internet. The CE suspended the BA and required data destruction.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Apr 18, 2016 → Notified Oct 7, 2016172d ✗ HHS report late25 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 · 25 weeks / 172 days

Apr 18, 2016

Begins

Apr 18, 2016

Discovered

Oct 7, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed540 affectedView incident

Name: Northwest Essex Community Healthcare Network
norm: northwest essex community healthcare network
Domain: northwestessex.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Northwest Essex Community Healthcare Network
norm: northwest essex community healthcare network
Domain: northwestessex.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Apr 18, 2016
Breach occurred: Apr 18, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 7, 2016
Affected individuals: 540nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Suspended its relationship with the BA
Required the BA to destroy all of the CE's patient information
Provided breach notification to HHS and affected individuals
Changes made: Implemented corrective actions (assured by OCR)
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(172 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report late · 172dHHS 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: Apr 18, 2016
→ Notified: Oct 7, 2016
172d 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 18, 2016
→ Notified: Oct 7, 2016
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 18, 2016 → Notified: Oct 7, 2016	172d	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 18, 2016 → Notified: Oct 7, 2016	—	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: Oct 7, 2016
Raw hash: 7bcabae94d1e55c884270f5c04706f9c7068a990f7c3bd8f439e8328cc13ae30

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Reporting entityNorthwest Essex Community Healthcare Network

Victim entityNorthwest Essex Community Healthcare Network

Incidentdiscovered Apr 18, 2016

Stated responseSuspended its relationship with the BA

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing