INDIANAHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountGovernment IDHighContained

Ferguson Advertising, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 25, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

1,361

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for Ferguson Advertising, Inc. →

DeKalb Health reported to HHS on 2014-04-25 that its business associate, Ferguson Advertising, Inc. (IN), was the victim of a cyber-attack (Hacking/IT Incident) affecting the ePHI of 1,361 individuals on a network server. Exposed data included names, addresses, financial and health insurance information, birthdates, and treatment information. The CE terminated its BA relationship and provided credit monitoring.

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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

Apr 25, 2014

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,361 affectedView incident

Name: Ferguson Advertising, Inc.
norm: ferguson advertising

Name: Ferguson Advertising, Inc.
norm: ferguson advertising
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,361nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountGovernment ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Third party: via DeKalb Healthbusiness associate

During the incident: The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice
The CE terminated its business relationship with the BA
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Terminated business relationship with Ferguson Advertising, Inc.
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: Apr 25, 2014
Raw hash: 95f4e1dc17e4ca94ae70d8092fd9c3eddf5902559fd0222f4de3e6920699c5a1

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Reporting entityFerguson Advertising, Inc.

Victim entityFerguson Advertising, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseThe CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing